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the pig ear (Gomphus clavatus) mushroom of the yearly (German society for Mykologie) is
the field lark (Alauda arvensis) is bird of the yearly (NABU /Deutschland)
the game pear (Pyrus COMM universities) is tree of the yearly (Kuratoriums tree yearly/Germany)
the sump Stendelwurz (Epipactis palustris) is Orchidee of the yearly (working group domestic Orchideen/Germany)
the Unke (Bombina) is animal of the yearly (protective association German game)

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1. January: Flavio Cotti becomes Federal President of Switzerland
1. January: Germany. The resolution over the abolishment of the tax on trading capital comes into force
1. January: Germany. The solidarity tax is lowered of 7,7 to 5,5 per cent
1. January: Honduras. Carlo Roberto Flores Facussé steps his office as state and a head of the government at
1. January: Maldives. The new condition comes into force
1. January: Co-operation agreement between Macedonia and the European Union
2. January: Outbreak of the bird flu in Hong Kong
4. January: Israel. Minister of foreign affairs David Levi steps back
4. January: Valdas Adamkus becomes a president in Lithuania
7. January: Ottawa, Canada. The legal claim of the natives on of them already before the arrival of the Europeanssettled country from highest court confirms
11. January: Cuba. Step-by-step selections for national assembly
16. January: The presidents of the USA, Estonia, Lettlands and Litauens sign „the US-Baltic charter OF Partnership “
16. January: Bundestag approves wire-tapping
21. January: Pope Johannes Paul II. visits Cuba
23. January: People's Republic of China. Methane gas explosion in a coal pit in the province Liaoning. 80 dead ones
29. January: Canada, Japan, Russia, the USA as well as the member states thatEuropean ESA close the contract over the building of the international space station EAT
1. February: Costa Rica. Miguel Anguel Rodriguez Echeverría becomes state and head of the government
1. February: Lithuania. Treaty of association with the European Union
3. February: Armenia. President Lewon Ter Petrosjan steps back
4. February: Heavy earthquake in Afghanistan. About 4,500 dead ones
5. February: Germany. Federal President Roman duke on state visit in the Ukraine
6. February: Korsika, France. The Präfekt Claude Erignac on the road shot
8. February: A popular vote in Bavaria causes cancellation of the passage to the death penalty from the Bavarian national condition.
9. February: Georgien. Second assassination attempt on Eduard Shevardnadze
10. February: The death penalty in Azerbaijan is abolished
14. February: Japan. Heavy flu wave. About 16,000 schools are closed caution for the sake of
21. February: „Weimar triangles “- summits between H.Kohl, J.Chirac and A.Kwasniewski
24. February: Laos. Khamtay Siphanedone becomes a president
28. February: Escalation thatSituation in the Kosovo
1. March: Co-operation agreement between Tunesien and the European Union
1. March: The partnership and co-operation agreement between Germany and the Ukraine come into force
4. March: Israel. President Ezer Weizman is confirmed in his office
6. March: Jyväskylä, Finland. Derailing a passenger train. 11 dead one, 40 hurt
10. March: Chile. General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte puts office to be as a Commander-in-Chief of the army down
to 10. March: Indonesia. Hadji Mohamed Suharto becomesto 6. Times as state and a head of the government confirms
10. March: Culture agreement between Germany and South Africa. Into force since that 10. January 2000
11. March: Denmark. Prime Minister Poul Nyrup racing having in its office confirms
13. March: Cape Verde. Monetary agreement with Portugal
14. March: Low-read, Georgien. Attendance of the Turkish head of the government Mesut Yilmaz
15. March: Sofia, Bulgaria. Attendance by Pope Johannes Paul II.
17. March: People's Republic of China. Zhu Rongji becomes an Prime Minister. President Jiang Zemin in its office confirms
17. March: The state of emergency in Zambia is waived
19. March: India. Atal Behari Vaipayee becomes a prime minister
24. March: Bangladesh. A cyclone destroys severalVillages. Over 250 dead ones, about 3,000 hurt
25. March: Argentina. Abolition of the amnesty laws of 1987
25. March: Kirgisistan. Kubanischbek Schumalijew becomes a new head of the government
30. March: Return by prince Ranariddh from the exile after Kambodscha
31. March: Beginning of the negotiations over of Estonia European Union - entry
1. April: Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela sign a contract to better co-operation and drug fight
1. April: Botswana. President Quett Ketumile Joni Masirewithdraws at the age from 72 years. New president becomes Festus Gontobanye Mogae
1. April: Germany. Fusion of the steel concerns Thyssen and Krupp Hoesch
4. April: Iran. A landslide in the southwest, released by strong rainfalls, kills about 120Humans
5. April: Japan. The longest suspension bridge with 3.911 m opens
9. April: Armenia. Robert excrement crowd January becomes a president
10. April: Multi-party discussions between Great Britain and Ireland
15. April: Death of pole poet in Kambodscha
18. April: People's Republic of China. Dissident Wang Dan will prematurely dismiss 18 from health reasons from
the detention. April: Great Britain closes peace agreements with the Irish Republican Army
19. April: Dr. Thomas Klestil becomes in the office as Federal President in Austria confirms
20. April: Dissolution of the Red Army parliamentary group
22. April: Concordat between the holy chair and Saxonia-Anhalt
23. April: Belgium. Outbreak of the presumed child murderer Marc Dutroux from the prison
24. April: Rwanda. 22 death sentencespublicly executes
26. April: Guatemala town center, Guatemala. Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera murders
28. April: Japan and the USA sign a new safety agreement
29. April: Kyoto minutes over the climatic changes signs
30. April: Peace agreement for Northern Ireland
4. May: Armenia. Minister of foreign affairs Wartan Oskanjan visits Germany
4. May: Germany. The Armenian minister of foreign affairs Wartan Oskanjan meets 4 to an attendance in Bonn
. May: Indonesia. The energy prices become over toto 70 per cent increases. The result are riots and unrests
6. May: Alois ester man to the commander of the Swiss guard gekürt and ten hours later murders
7. May: London, Great Britain. Proclamation of the fusion of Chrysler corporation and Daimler Benz AG
9. May: Algiers, Algeria. Explosion of a bomb in a Café. 17 hurt
11. May: India. Underground atomic tests
12. May: Border controversy between Eritrea and Ethiopia
12. May: Eritrea. Engagements around thatCourse of the border to Ethiopia
13. May: India. Underground atomic tests
15. May: Benin. President Mathieu Kérékou takes over also the post of the head of the government
21. May: Indonesia resignation of the president Suharto
22. May: Algeria. Bomb attack in El await oh. 15 dead ones
24. May: Parliamentary elections in Senegal
26. May: Outline agreement between Germany and Colombia over technical co-operation
1. June: Establishment of the European central bank (EZB)
3. June: Establishment of ATTAC
5. June: Mutual one Air raids between Eritrea and Ethiopia
6. June: Burundi. Beginning of the transition condition
8. June: Nigeria. Dismissal of all political prisoners
10. June: Paris, France. President Jacques Chirac opens the 16 in the stadium Stade de France.Soccer world championships
11. June: Belgium. Queen Fabiola becomes 70 years old
12. June: Burundi. Pierre Buyoya word president of the interim government
15. June: Bosnia and Herzegowina. The security council of the United Nations extends the mandate of the peacekeeping force SFOR
15. June: Co-operation agreement between Bahrain and the European Union
15. June: Burundi. First peace discussions with Tanzania
21. June: Gnassingbé Eyadèma as president in Togo in its office confirms
21. June: Burundi. Armistice contract alsothe Hutu rebel
22. June: Bosnia and Herzegowina. „The Konvertibilna Marka “replaces all 3 existing currencies
25. June: People's Republic of China. US president Bill Clinton meets 25 to an attendance of several days in Peking
. June: Great Britain. Electionsin Northern Ireland
29. June: Denmark. An intensified aliens act comes into force
30. June: For the first time local elections in Mozambique
1. July: Germany. Law changes in the right of marriage come into force
4. July: Japan. The first space probe of Japandirection Mars is sent
to 4. July: The constitutional court in Azerbaijan is created
6. July: Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. The airport Chep Lap Kok takes its enterprise on
12. July: Jamil Mahuad becomes a president in Ecuador
17. July: Iraq and Syria close a contract over a new pipeline
22. July: Iran successfully tests a medium-range missile. Range about 1,300 km
26. July: First own national elections in Kambodscha
27. July: Germany and Armenia under characteragreements over financial co-operation
30. July: Japan. The past minister of foreign affairs Keizo Obuchi becomes a new head of the government
31. July: People's Republic of China. Of Peking of former mayors Chen Xitong because of corruption (2.2 billion USD) to 16 years detention is condemned
2. August: Invasion of military troops from Rwanda and Uganda into the Republic of the Congo
3. August: Armistice between Eritrea and Ethiopia
3. August: Armistice contract between Eritrea and Ethiopia
7. August: Bomb attack on the US embassy in Daressalam, Tanzania. 10 dead ones
7. August: Nairobi, Kenya. Bomb attack on the US embassy. 253 dead ones, over 5.000 hurt
8. August: Iran. The Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan murders
10. August: Ecuador. Jamil Mahuad joke becomes president
12. August: Bhutan. King Jigme Singye Wangchuk determines that the government no more of him is not appointed but is selected,
12. August: Albania. Murder of the delegate Hajdari
14. August: India. With a landslidein the Federal State Uttar Pradesh is buried a whole village. Over 200 dead ones
20. August: The Sudan/Afghanistan. Operation “Infinite Reach”: The US Air Force reaches goals into Afghanistan and the Sudan at
28. August: Belize. Said Wilbert Musa becomes prime minister
31. August: Algiers, Algeria. Bomb attack. 19 dead ones, 60 hurt
31. August: Bosnia and Herzegowina. The German Volkswagen company opens again its work in Sarajevo
4. September: Signing of the Wye of ii-agreement in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
12. September: Albania. Azem Hajdari, prominent opposition politician, murders
15. September: Brussels, Belgium. The European commission gives the power pill Viagra freely
to 18. September: Algeria. Bomb attack in Tiaret. 22 dead ones,30 hurt
25. September: Mikuláš Dzurinda becomes an Prime Minister in the Slowakei
27. September: Elections to 14. Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany Gerhard Schröder lead become Federal Chancellor in a coalition of to the end of the 16 years continuous „era Kohl “, SPD and the Green, the latter are thereby for the first time in its history at the Federal Government take part
28. September: Albania. Head of the government Fatos nano steps back
29. September: Albania. Pandeli Majko becomes a new head of the government
3. October: Australia. Prime minister John vienna clay/tone Howard in its office confirms
4. October: Fernando Henrique Cardoso becomes 2. Times president of Brazil
6. October: Dominica. Vernon Shaw becomes a president
6. October: Great Britain. Prime minister Tony Blair on state visit in the People's Republic of China
9. October: Israel. Ariel Scharon becomes a new minister of foreign affairs
9. October: Italy. Prime Minister Romano Prodi steps back
11. October: With the presidency elections in Azerbaijan Heydär Äliyev becomes againselected as a president
15. October: Kirgisistan becomes member of the world trade organization World Trade Organization
16. October: The former dictator of Chile Augusto Pinochet Ugarte is placed to 16 in London , Great Britain under
house arrest. October: Maldives. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom becomesred-elect for 5 years
17. October: Kirgisistan. Referendum for the introduction of the private property at reason and soil
18. October: Parliamentary elections in Macedonia
21. October: Italy. Massimo D'Alema becomes a new head of the government
24. October: Germany. Palestinian boss Yassir Arafat meets 26 in Bonn
. October: Peace treaty between Peru and Ecuador
26. October: Germany. Wolfgang Thierse is selected to the President of the Bundestag
26. October: Ecuador and Peru sign sign a peace agreement in Brasilia, Brazil
27. October: Germany. Gerhard Schröder is selected to the Federal Chancellor
28. October: The highest civil court in London, Great Britain, lifts the warrant of arrest against Augusto Pinochet Ugarte on
10. November: Hungary. Beginning of the negotiations of accession with that European Union
15. November: Burkina Faso. Blaise Compaoré becomes 2. Times selected as president
23. November: People's Republic of China. State and party chief Jiang Zemin and president Boris Yel'tsin, Russia unterzeichenen in Moscow, Russia the border treatyover the entire course of the border between the two States of
24. November: Emile Lahoud becomes a president Lebanon
24. November: Sailele Tuila'epa Malielegaoi becomes a prime minister in Samoa
25. November: The highest civil court in London, Great Britain, takes thoseAbolition of the warrant of arrest against Augusto Pinochet Ugarte back
26. November: Ireland. The British prime minister Tony Blair gives a speech before the Irish parliament and is thus a first prime minister since the establishment of the Rebublik Ireland, to the one speechbefore the parliament to hold may do
29. November: People's Republic of China. Attendance state and party chief of the Jiang Zemin in Japan. This is at the same time the first attendance of a Chinese president in Japan
30. November: Assumption of office of Hun Sen asHead of the government von Kambodscha
30. November: Parliamentary elections in Syria
1. December: Albania. The first democratic condition comes into force
6. December: El Hadi Omar Bongo Ondimba becomes again after democratic elections a president of Gabon
10. December: Bulgaria. Abolishment of the death penalty
14. December: Guinea. President Lansana Conté in its office confirms
15. December: Algeria. Ismail Hamdani becomes an Prime Minister
16. - 18. December: American-British air raids against the Iraq (“operation the oreFox “)
17. December: The highest civil court in London, Great Britain, takes the resolution against the abolition of the warrant of arrest against Augusto Pinochet Ugarte again back
to 18. December: Guinea. Re-election of Lansana Contée as president
20. December: People's Republic of China. The dissident Liu Nianchun is prematurely pushed 25 away from the detention to dismiss and to
the USA. December: Kambodscha. Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, two former leaders of the Khmer Rouge (red Khmer) result initself
26. December: Angola. An airplane of the United Nations is fired at of the UNITA and falls. 14 dead ones
31. December: Bulgaria. The IWF grants a new credit i.H.v. 1.6 billion USD
31. December: Tel Aviv, Israel. The American message because of bomb threat vacated
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10. January: An earthquake of the strength 5.7 in the northeast of the People's Republic of China. 70 dead ones
2. February: The Philippines. Douglas a DC-9 of the Cebu Pacific air with 104 humans on board hits against a mountain. Nobody survives
3. February: A US military aircraft cuts the cable of an aerial ropeway in Cavalese in the dolomites in the low-altitude flight. 20 tourists, to a large extent Germans,dies
4. February: Earthquake of the strength 6.1 in Tadschikistan and Afghanistan, 2,323 dead ones
4. February: Heavy earthquake in Afghanistan. About 4,500 dead ones
16. February: Taiwan. An airbus A300 China airlines misses the runwayin Taipeh. Altogether 203 humans 19
die. March: Afghanistan. A Boeing 727 the Ariana Afghan airlines smashes in the approach on Kabul at a mountain. None of the 45 passengers survives
10. April: An earthquake of the strength 5,8in Iran. 12 dead ones
20. April: Bogota, Colombia. A Boeing 727 the TAME (Ecuador) flies against a mountain-slope. All 53 humans die on board
5. May: Amazon, Peru. Crash of one of one Boeing 737 of the Air Force. 74 humans die, 13 are saved
22. May: An earthquake of the strength 6.6 in Bolivia. 105 dead ones
30. May: An earthquake of the strength 6.6 in Tadschikistan and Afghanistan; about 4,000 dead ones
3. June: ICE misfortune of Eschede: The ICE „William Conrad Roentgen “derailed due to a defective wheel tire with Eschede and tears thereby a road bridge. 101 dead ones
9. June: A cyclone in the Federal State Gujarat destroys thousand buildings.Approx. 3.000 dead ones, 100,000 homeless people
27. June: Earthquake in the southwest of Turkey, about 130 dead ones
17. July: Pit misfortune in the talcum powder work of the Naintsch of mineral works GmbH in read-leave, 10 dead ones
17. July: Earthquake of the strength 7.0 up Papua new Guinea, 2,183 dead ones
7. August: On the US embassies in Nairobi/Kenya and Daressalam/Tanzania terrorist attacks are committed, those over 200 human lives cost
15. August: The burner motorway (A13) is buried by a mudslide. Five GermansHoliday-makers are crushed in their cars. The impassableness of this important distance (Munich - Inn valley - Italy) paralyzes spaciously traffic, also the Tauernautobahn (A10) clogs
29. August: Quito, Ecuador. Tupolev a Tu-154 that Cubana falls immediately after the start into inhabited area. With the misfortune 70 of 90 humans in the airplane and 10 adjacents resident 2
dies. September: A MD-11 of the Swissair falls before Halifax after a fire on board into the sea; everything215 passengers and 14 crew members die
25. October: The wood freighter Pallas runs before Amrum due to and provides for the heaviest oil pollution of the German North Sea Coast
30. October: Honduras. The eddy tower Mitch demands about 5.500Dead one
11. December: Surat Thani, Thailand. An airbus A310 of the Thai Airways falls during the approach flight about 3 km before the airport and explodes. 101 humans die, 45 can be saved

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economics

22. April: Luxembourg regulates the establishment of the central bank of Luxembourg by law.
1. September: The new HypoVereinsbank results from the fusion of the Bavarian hypotheken and exchange bank with the Bavarian association bank
Octobers: Smart begins with the salestheir first car, town center coupé [

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smart. February: Total solar eclipse (Colombia, Venezuela, Karibik)
22. August: Circular solar eclipse in Indonesia and Malaysia
Samuel Huntington publishes the book, fight of the cultures: The reorganizationworld politics in 21. Century, Goldmann, 1998, ISBN 3442755069. - However only the German translation. The American original appeared already 1996!
A new kind of the Isarog Spitzmausratte is described and designated as Palanan Spitzmausratte (Archboldomys mash series)

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Culture

May: The third European youth choir festival (EJCF) finds in Basel instead of
6. June: On the first „social day “from pupil helping life to exchange 35,000 pupils and pupils in Schleswig-Holstein your school bench against a paid job: donate andnearly a million euro for charitable purposes
1. August: In the German-language countries the spelling reform comes into force
19. September: Premiere of the opera A Streetcar Named the Irish of André Previn to San Francisco Opera

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of entries of athlete IC world records see under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik.

XVIII. 7 finds Japan to olympic winter plays in Nagano, of. to 22. February instead of
hosts France wins in the final of the football WM against title defenders Brazil with 3:0 inParis.
To 10. March terminates the coach of the fiber plastic Bavaria Munich Giovanni Trapattoni an emotion-filled press conference with in the meantime famous sentence „I has finished! “
With that 1. Fiber plastic Kaiserslautern becomes for the first time a Aufsteiger directly German master in the football
the routede France is won by Marco Pantani, which strikes previous year winners January Ullrich. The route overshadowed of a Dopingskandal. Several teams are born

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17. July: Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos loosely Santos de Marichalary de Borbón, Sohn von Infantin Elena of Spain and Jaime de Marichalar
6. October: Mia Sophie Wellenbrink, German child singer
29. October: Prince Constantin Alexios, Sohn von Kronprinz Pavlos of Greece and crowning princess Marie Chantal of Greece

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