World’s first live cloned mammal is born:
Dolly the Sheep, a domestic sheep, was cloned using cells from an adult sheep.

Armenian Constitution is adopted:
The country had gained its independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal:
The Island country had come under Portuguese colonial control in the late 15th century.

Coup in Rwanda:
Then Army Chief of Staff, Juvénal Habyarimana, staged a coup and overthrew the President, Grégoire Kayibanda.