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5 January – the UK Takes Over the ​Presidency of the EC's ● 5 January – The UK takes over the Presidency of the EC's Council of Ministers until 30 June.[1] ​ ​ ​ ● 7–22 February – Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and win one bronze medal. ● 3 March – Millennium Dome construction begins. ​ ​ ● 10 April – The Good Friday Agreement, an agreement between the UK and Irish governments, and the ​ ​ main political parties in Northern Ireland is signed. ​ ​ ● 9 May – The Eurovision Song Contest and 24th G8 summit are both held in Birmingham. ​ ​ ​ ​ ● 15 June – First general-circulation issue of a two pound coin and the DVD format is released onto the ​ ​ UK market for the first time. ● 31 July Crime and Disorder Act receives Royal Assent. It introduces Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, Sex ​ ​ ​ ​ Offender Orders, Parenting Orders, and 'racially aggravated' offences. It also formally abolishes capital ​ punishment for treason and piracy, the last civilian offences for which the death penalty remained ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ theoretically available. ● 15 August – Omagh bombing: A car bomb explodes in the Northern Irish market town of Omagh, ​ ​ ​ ​ County Tyrone, killing 29 people – the worst terrorist atrocity in the history of The Troubles in Northern ​ ​ Ireland. ● 10 September – In Northern Ireland, David Trimble of the Ulster Unionist Party meets Gerry Adams of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Sinn Féin — the first such meeting between Republicans and Loyalists since 1922. ​ ● 16 October – UK Police place General Augusto Pinochet, the 83-year-old former dictator of Chile, into ​ ​ ​ ​ house arrest during his medical treatment in Britain at the request of Spain. ● 24 November – The Queen's Speech is interrupted by MPs and peers, when the Queen began to ​ ​ outlay the government's plan to abolish the rights of 700 hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House ​ of Lords.[15] ​ ​ ● 26 December – Great Boxing Day Storm: severe gale-force winds hit Ireland, southern Scotland and ​ ​ ​ ​ northern England. Roads, railways and electricity are disrupted. .
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