1993

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,871 square kilometers (30,452 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec.

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Czech Republic

1994

Birth of Matthias Ginter

Matthias Ginter, German footballer

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Matthias Ginter

1994

Birth of Alfie Mawson

Alfie Mawson, English footballer

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Alfie Mawson

1994

Birth of Marvelous Nakamba

Marvelous Nakamba, Zimbabwean footballer

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Marvelous Nakamba

1995

Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C

Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C was a helicopter flight that flew between Aberdeen and the Brae Alpha oil rig in the North Sea. On 19 January 1995, the AS 332L Super Puma helicopter operating the route, registered G-TIGK and named Cullen, was struck by lightning. The flight was carrying 16 oil workers from Aberdeen to an oil platform at the Brae oilfield. All 18 people on board survived.

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Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C

1996

North Cape oil spill

The North Cape oil spill took place on Friday, January 19, 1996, when the tank barge North Cape and the tug Scandia grounded on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, after the tug caught fire in its engine room during a winter storm. An estimated 828,000 US gallons (3,130 m3) of home heating oil was spilled. Oil spread throughout a large area of Block Island Sound, including Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge, resulting in the closure of a 250-square-mile (650 km2) area of the sound for fishing.

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North Cape oil spill

1996

Birth of Jakub Jankto

Jakub Jankto, Czech footballer

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Jakub Jankto

1997

Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat, also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist and a socialist, Arafat was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.

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Yasser Arafat

1998

Birth of Emre Guler

Emre Guler is a Turkey international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL).

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Emre Guler

1999

British Aerospace

British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer that was formed in 1977. Its head office was at Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire. It purchased Marconi Electronic Systems, the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company, in 1999 to form BAE Systems.

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British Aerospace

1999

Birth of Jonathan Taylor

Jonathan Taylor is an American professional football running back for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).

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Jonathan Taylor

1999

Birth of Donyell Malen

Donyell Malen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Serie A club Roma and the Netherlands national team.

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Donyell Malen

2003

Birth of Felix Afena-Gyan

Felix Afena Ohene-Gyan is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Süper Lig club Amedspor, on loan from Serie B club Cremonese. He also plays for the Ghana national team.

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Felix Afena-Gyan

2006

Slovak Air Force

The Slovak Air Force, known since 2002 as the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, is the aviation and air defense branch of the Slovak Armed Forces. Operating 29 aircraft and 13 helicopters from three air bases : Malacky–Kuchyňa, Sliač, Prešov. It succeeded the Czechoslovak Air Force together with the Czech Air Force in 1993. The Slovak Air Force is part of NATO Integrated Air Defense System – NATINADS.

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Slovak Air Force

2007

Hrant Dink

Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of Agos. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, Dink was a prominent member of the Armenian minority in Turkey best known for advocating Turkish–Armenian reconciliation and human and minority rights in Turkey. He was often critical of both Turkey's denial of the Armenian genocide and of the Armenian diaspora's campaign for its international recognition. Dink was prosecuted three times for "insulting Turkishness", while receiving numerous death threats from Turkish nationalists.

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Hrant Dink