The world's first motor show opens in Paris, Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize, Muhammad Ali fights his last fight, and Bernie Madoff is arrested, all on this day.
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1994: In the start of what will become known as the First Chechen War, Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya in an attempt to halt moves toward independence.