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*[[1994]] – Russia completes removing its troops from [[Estonia]].

*[[1996]] – [[Saddam Hussein]]'s troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish [[Masoud Barzani]] appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival [[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan|PUK]].

*[[1999]] – The first of a series of [[Russian apartment bombings|bombings]] in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.

* 1999 – A [[Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas|LAPA]] [[Boeing 737-200]] [[LAPA Flight 3142|crashes during takeoff]] from [[Aeroparque Jorge Newbery|Jorge Newbury Airport]] in [[Buenos Aires]], killing 65, including two on the ground.