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The Republic of Ireland endorses the Maastricht Treaty.
3 Aug.
The ANC begins a massive protest campaign in South Africa.
13 Aug.
The U.N. condemns the Serbs' "ethnic cleansing" (forced removal) program.
22-26 Aug.
In Rostock, Germany, antiforeigner riots occur at a reception center for refugees.
16 Sept.
British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont, increases the base rate of the pound to forestall speculative selling on the stock market.
20 Sept.
The French people vote narrowly in favor of the Maastricht Treaty.
12 Oct.
Demonstrations occur in many Latin American countries in protest of the fivehundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America.
13 Oct.
Despite a huge public outcry, the British government announces that coal production will cease at thirty-one of the country's fifty coal mines.
26 Oct.
Canadians, in a referendum, reject the Charlottetown agreement which would grant concessions to French-speaking Quebec.
31 Oct.
The Vatican formally rehabilitates the astronomer and physicist Galileo...
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