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Events

Angolan Civil War 1975-11-11 - 2002-04-04
Internal conflict in Peru 1980-05-17 - 2000
Sri Lankan Civil War 1983-07-23 - 2009-05-18
Human Genome Project 1990-10-01 - 2003-04-14
Yugoslav Wars 1991-03-31 - 2001-11-12
Algerian Civil War 1991-12-26 - 2002-02-08
North American Free Trade Agreement 1994-01-01 - 2020-07-01
Dot-com bubble 1995 - 2002-10-09
1997 Asian financial crisis 1997-07-02 - 1998
Kosovo War 1998-02-28 - 1999-06-11

People

Elizabeth II age 72
Queen - United Kingdom
Bill Clinton age 51
President - United States
Fidel Castro age 71
President - Cuba
Saddam Hussein age 61
President - Iraq
Boris Yeltsin age 67
President - Russia
Ali Khamenei age 59
Supreme Leader - Iran
Jacques Chirac age 65
President - France
Hosni Mubarak age 70
President - Egypt
Akihito age 64
Emperor - Japan
Mohammad Khatami age 54
President - Iran
Jiang Zemin age 71
General Secretary - Communist Party of China
Hafez al-Assad age 67
President - Syria
Albert II of Belgium age 64
King - Belgium
Roman Herzog age 64
President - Germany
Fernando Henrique Cardoso age 67
President - Brazil
Lee Teng-hui age 75
President - Republic of China
Trần Đức Lương age 61
President - Vietnam
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen age 52
President - Guatemala
Kim Jong-il age 57
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea - North Korea
Ernesto Zedillo age 46
President - Mexico
Kofi Annan age 60
Secretary-General - United Nations
Benjamin Netanyahu age 48
Prime Minister - Israel
Tony Blair age 45
Prime Minister - United Kingdom
Helmut Kohl age 68
Chancellor - Germany
Romano Prodi age 58
Prime Minister - Italy
Juan Antonio Samaranch age 78
President - International Olympic Committee
Lionel Jospin age 61
Prime Minister - France
Zhu Rongji age 69
Premier - People's Republic of China
Jerzy Buzek age 58
Prime Minister - Poland
Bertie Ahern age 46
Taoiseach - Ireland
Javier Solana age 56
Secretary General - NATO
Ryutaro Hashimoto age 60
Prime Minister - Japan
Jacques Santer age 61
President - European Commission
Phan Văn Khải age 64
Prime Minister - Vietnam
Kamal Ganzouri age 65
Prime Minister - Egypt
James Wolfensohn age 64
President - World Bank
Sisavath Keobounphanh age 70
Prime Minister - Laos
Hiroshi Nakajima age 70
Director-General - World Health Organization
Vincent Siew age 59
Premier - Republic of China
Mahmoud Zuabi age 63
Prime Minister - Syria
Atal Bihari Vajpayee age 73
Prime Minister - India
William Rehnquist age 73
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Al Gore age 50
Vice President - United States
Hu Jintao age 55
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Lien Chan age 61
Vice President - Republic of China
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri age 56
Vice President - Iraq
Wen Jiabao age 55
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China - People's Republic of China
Hugh Shelton age 56
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Gordon Brown age 47
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Madeleine Albright age 61
Secretary of State - United States
Janet Reno age 60
Attorney General - United States
Jack Straw age 51
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William Cohen age 57
Secretary of Defense - United States
Robert Rubin age 59
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Dennis Reimer age 59
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Louis Freeh age 48
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
Thabo Mbeki age 56
President - African National Congress
Ruth Bader Ginsburg age 65
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Antonin Scalia age 62
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Clarence Thomas age 50
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Stephen Breyer age 59
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Anthony Kennedy age 62
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Eric Holder age 47
Deputy Attorney General - Department of Justice
John Paul Stevens age 78
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
David Souter age 58
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere age 58
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Sandra Day O'Connor age 68
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
William Hague age 37
Leader - Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Beckett age 55
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Gerry Adams age 49
President - Sinn Féin
Joe Biden age 55
Senate - United States
John Kerry age 54
Senate - United States
Jeff Sessions age 51
Senate - United States
Daniel Inouye age 73
Senate - United States
Chuck Hagel age 51
Senate - United States
John Ashcroft age 56
Senate - United States
John McCain age 61
Senate - United States
Theresa May age 41
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Major age 55
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Edward Heath age 82
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Lewis age 58
House of Representatives - United States
Philip Hammond age 42
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen age 52
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Michael Howard age 57
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Yvette Cooper age 29
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Jacqui Smith age 35
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Alistair Darling age 44
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Kenneth Clarke age 58
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
David Blunkett age 51
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Healey age 38
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Alan Johnson age 48
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan age 51
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Frank Underwood age 38
House of Representatives - United States
Charles Clarke age 47
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Iain Duncan Smith age 44
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Harriet Harman age 47
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
Jeremy Corbyn age 49
Member of Parliament - United Kingdom
George W. Bush age 52
Governor of Texas - United States
Mike Huckabee age 42
Governor of Arkansas - United States
George Pataki age 53
Governor of New York - United States
George Voinovich age 62
Governor of Ohio - United States
Jim Gilmore age 48
Governor of Virginia - United States
Zell Miller age 66
Governor of Georgia - United States
Pete Wilson age 64
Governor of California - United States
Christine Todd Whitman age 51
Governor of New Jersey - United States
Paul Cellucci age 50
Governor of Massachusetts - United States
Don Sundquist age 62
Governor of Tennessee - United States
Parris Glendening age 56
Governor of Maryland - United States
Frank O'Bannon age 68
Governor of Indiana - United States
Barber Conable age 75
New York State Senate - United States
Nelson Mandela age 80
President - South Africa
John Paul II age 78
Pope - Vatican City
Alexander Lukashenko age 43
President - Belarus
Václav Havel age 61
President - Czech Republic
Bhumibol Adulyadej age 70
King - Thailand
Robert Mugabe age 74
President - Zimbabwe
Juan Carlos I of Spain age 60
King - Spain
Nursultan Nazarbayev age 58
President - Kazakhstan
Margrethe II of Denmark age 58
Queen - Denmark
Harald V of Norway age 61
King - Norway
Slobodan Milošević age 56
President - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Martti Ahtisaari age 61
President - Finland
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden age 52
King - Sweden
Beatrix of the Netherlands age 60
Queen - Netherlands
Eduard Shevardnadze age 70
President - Georgia
Islam Karimov age 60
President - Uzbekistan
Omar al-Bashir age 54
President - Sudan
Heydar Aliyev age 75
President - Azerbaijan
Norodom Sihanouk age 75
King - Cambodia
Kim Dae-jung age 74
President - South Korea
Qaboos bin Said Al Said age 57
Sultan - Oman
Emomali Rahmon age 45
President - Tajikistan
Saparmurat Niyazov age 58
President - Turkmenistan
Yoweri Museveni age 53
President - Uganda
Leonid Kuchma age 59
President - Ukraine
Süleyman Demirel age 73
President - Turkey
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali age 61
President - Tunisia
Ali Abdullah Saleh age 51
President - Yemen
Alberto Fujimori age 59
President - Peru
José Eduardo dos Santos age 55
President - Angola
Idriss Déby age 46
President - Chad
Mswati III age 30
King - Eswatini
Paul Biya age 65
President - Cameroon
Hussein I of Jordan age 62
King - Jordan
Teodoro Obiang age 56
President - Equatorial Guinea
B. J. Habibie age 62
President - Indonesia
Denis Sassou-Nguesso age 54
President - Republic of the Congo
Aleksander Kwaśniewski age 43
President - Poland
Omar Bongo age 62
President - Gabon
Alija Izetbegović age 72
President - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hassan II age 69
King - Morocco
Carlos Menem age 68
President - Argentina
Robert Kocharyan age 43
President - Armenia
Letsie III of Lesotho age 35
King - Lesotho
Isaias Afwerki age 52
President - Eritrea
Milo Đukanović age 36
President - Montenegro
Mohammed Omar age 38
Supreme Leader - Afghanistan
Yahya Jammeh age 33
President - The Gambia
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson age 55
President - Iceland
Mary McAleese age 47
President - Ireland
Blaise Compaoré age 47
President - Burkina Faso
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro age 79
President - Italy
Valdas Adamkus age 71
President - Lithuania
Chandrika Kumaratunga age 53
President - Sri Lanka
Laurent-Désiré Kabila age 58
President - Democratic Republic of the Congo
K. R. Narayanan age 77
President - India
Daniel arap Moi age 73
President - Kenya
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco age 75
Prince - Monaco
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani age 46
Emir - Qatar
Mathieu Kérékou age 64
President - Benin
Burhanuddin Rabbani age 57
President - Afghanistan
Jigme Singye Wangchuck age 42
King - Bhutan
Joaquim Chissano age 58
President - Mozambique
Sam Nujoma age 69
President - Namibia
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan age 80
President - United Arab Emirates
Thomas Klestil age 65
President - Austria
Jerry Rawlings age 51
President - Ghana
João Bernardo Vieira age 59
President - Guinea-Bissau
Askar Akayev age 53
President - Kyrgyzstan
Festus Mogae age 58
President - Botswana
Lennart Meri age 69
President - Estonia
Charles Taylor age 50
President - Liberia
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom age 60
President - Maldives
Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma age 62
President - Togo
Joseph Estrada age 61
President - Philippines
Than Shwe age 65
President - Myanmar
Lansana Conté age 63
President - Guinea
René Préval age 55
President - Haiti
Kiro Gligorov age 81
President - North Macedonia
Jorge Sampaio age 58
President - Portugal
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos age 71
President - Greece
Abdou Diouf age 62
President - Senegal
Milan Kučan age 57
President - Slovenia
Árpád Göncz age 76
President - Hungary
Frederick Chiluba age 55
President - Zambia
Ezer Weizman age 74
President - Israel
Benjamin Mkapa age 59
President - Tanzania
Rexhep Meidani age 53
President - Albania
Leonel Fernández age 44
President - Dominican Republic
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg age 77
Grand Duke - Luxembourg