The trial of Slobodan Milošević begins at The Hague
The former President of Yugoslavia and Serbia died 4 years later, before the trial’s conclusion.

Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” is stolen
The iconic painting, one of a series of four, was recovered several months late

The last Emperor of China abdicates at the age of 6
Puyi ascended the throne at the age of three and was forced to abdicate in 1912, when he was just six years old. This ushered in a period of warlordism and chaos, until the rise of the Nationalist Party and the establishment of the Republic of China. Although Puyi was briefly restored to the throne by the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was forced to abdicate once again in 1945