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In 1990, the U.S. stock of Perrier water was recalled because of levels of benzene in violation of EPA standards. The recall was extended worldwide.

In 1991, Lithuanians overwhelmingly voted to secede from the Soviet Union in an independence plebiscite ruled illegal by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

In 1992, 30 people were reported killed in Senegal in the crash of a plane chartered by Air Senegal for Club Mediterranean.

In 1994, in Cairo, PLO chief Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres initialed an agreement that resolved contentious issues in the Middle East peace talks.

In 1996, a bomb exploded in a London rail station, killing two and wounding 100. The IRA announced that the Northern Ireland cease-fire was over.

In 2001, nine people were killed when the U.S. submarine USS Greenville collided with a Japanese fishing boat off the coast of Hawaii. The accident took place during a surfacing drill.

In 2005, hospitalized Pope John Paul II, recovering from flu-related respiratory problems, missed celebrating mass to begin Lent for the first time in 26 years.

In 2007, the Pentagon's inspector general told a U.S. Senate committee the Defense Department had tailored intelligence findings on Iraq to suit its audience.

 

In 2008, the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis delivered a $2 billion science lab to the International Space Station, doubling the station's zero-gravity research capacity.

In 2009, with the death toll expected to reach 200, Australian officials blamed arsonists for at least a portion of their country's worst brushfire rampage.

In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed a memorandum setting up a federal task force to tackle childhood obesity.

Also in 2010, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan became Nigeria's acting president by vote of the National Assembly, temporarily succeeding ailing President Umaru Yar Adua.

In 2011, prosecutors in Milan sought to try Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute.

In 2012, Washington state lawmakers approved a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, putting Washington on the path toward becoming the seventh state to do so.

Also in 2012, after a yearlong study, the Pentagon announced that women in the United States military will be permanently assigned to battalions although combat remained off limits for females.


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