The chess-playing supercomputer called Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess…

Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president.

Second Battle of Artois during World War One between German and French forces.

The Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton sells his first a carbonated beverage that was named “Coca-Cola”.

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is premiered in Vienna, Austria.

The German zeppelin Hindenburg is destroyed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a 6 day stand-off.

The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as space shuttle fuel detonates during a fire.

The Great Fire of 1901 starts in Jacksonville, Florida.

More than 630 nomad Muslims are killed by Christians in Nigeria.