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Sanctions Imposed Amnesty Granted For Nelson Mandela By F.W. de Klerk, General Noriega Surrenders To U.S. Troops Brian Keenan Freed After 1,596 Days As Hostage In Beirut Boris Yeltsin Resigns From Communist Party, John Major Becomes Prime Minister of U.K. Nobel Peace Prize: Mikhail Gorbachev, First Ever Human Gene Therapy FDA Approves First Low-Calorie Fat Substitute, First Anglican Female Priests Are Ordained in U.K. Pulitzer Prize For Fiction: Hijuelos' "The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love" Popular: Stephen King's "Four Past Midnight", Larry McMurty's "Buffalo Girls" Mapplethorpe Exhibit Causes Controvery In Cincinnati B.F. Skinner, Leonard Bernstein, Sammy Davis Jr. Die Popular Movies: Dick Tracy, Goodfellas, Total Recall, Cyrano de Bergerac Detroit Pistons Win NBA Championship, Rap Music Increasingly Popular U.S. Companies Boycott Tuna Nets That Trap Dolphins |
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