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Bill Clinton was serving as the 42nd President of the United States, leading the country during a period of economic growth and technological advancement.
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Niger’s first democratically elected president was ousted in a military coup Saturday, and an army colonel took over as head of state, charging that the government was crippled by an “absurd crisis.”
Col. Ibrahim Barre Mainassara announced on state-run radio that President Mahamane Ousmane was under arrest at the presidential palace, the constitution was suspended and a temporary national council was in control of the government.
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Józef Oleksy, the Polish Prime Minister, resigned from his position following serious accusations of spying for Moscow during a sensitive period in Poland's post-Communist transition.
His resignation highlighted ongoing tensions and potential Russian influence in Eastern European politics.
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On this day, Sun Microsystems publicly released the first version of the Java programming language, marking a significant milestone in software development.
This object-oriented, platform-independent language would go on to revolutionize web and enterprise computing.
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