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NASA built the first Beowulf cluster, which they called Wiglaf this year using off the shelf PC equipment and the then revolutionary open source operating system called Linux.
In May, Queen Elizabeth II and President Miteron opened the channel tunnel, only one year late.
On June 13th, 21 Fragments of the comet Shoemaker Levy 9 Hit the planet Jupiter, showing that the mass and Density of the impacting objects determines the damage they cause.
The Estonia Roll-on, Roll-off ferry sank in the baltic, after taking on water and capsizing
There were also quite a few books and movies created this year.
The Clubs of America Gift of the Month Club was founded this year.