1993 - CanadiansprinterBen Johnson[?] is banned from international competition for life after testing positive for banned substances for the second time.
1998 - NASA announced that that the Clementine spaceprobe orbiting the moon had found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
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February 23 - For $10 million the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.
March 3 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make ...