September Ford Motor Co. begins recycling phone and computer housings into grilles of trucks and vans. October 1 England officially adopts the metric system. November 25 Ireland votes to legalize divorce and remarriage. The Grateful Dead break up after final concert . Belgian homeopathic preacher, Luc Jouret, leads his cult of roughly 50 followers to their deaths in Canada and Switzerland.
Scientists clone human embryos.
Andrew Wiles solves Fermat's Last Theorem. French radio station broadcasts high-frequency sound waves along with regular programming to protect listeners from mosquitos. Police in Skowhegan, Maine, begin pulling over tourists to award them free night on the town. May 24 Eritrea gains Independence. Planet discovered outside our solar system.