What happend on 1st July

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1999

The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.

1997

The United Kingdom hands sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.

1992

Silicon Graphics releases OpenGL 1.0.

1991

The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved.

1990

East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.

1988

Bologna, Italy: Quartetto Cetra's last concert after over forty years' musical career.

1987

Excavation begins on the Channel Tunnel.

1986

In an interview with Playboy magazine, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke comes out as a bisexual.

1983

A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djall Mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.

1980

O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.