The Group of Eight was an informal forum of leading industrial nations, created when Russia was admitted to the existing Group of Seven, which consisted of the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada. Russia gradually participated more fully in discussions of finance and politics, although the G7 members continued to meet separately on economic matters. The G8 held annual summits chaired in turn by its members, and it addressed issues such as global trade, debt relief for poor countries and climate. In 2014 Russia was suspended after its annexation of Crimea, and the group returned to its earlier format as the G7.
Before and after
- 4 December 1996Launch of Mars Pathfinder
- 17 December 1996Creation of Cascading Style Sheets
- 20 December 1996Death of Carl Sagan
- 1997Release of Visual Studio
- from 1997 to 2014Founding of G8
- 1997Establishment of Talampaya National Park
- 1997Establishment of Lorentz National Park
- 1997Founding of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- 1997Founding of Subaru Telescope
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- 16 November 1945Founding of UNESCO
- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 4 April 1949Founding of NATO
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
The era
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