



Scrapped
The polygraph or Lie detector test, in the US, after it was found inaccurate, vague.
Launched
Indian cricket players’ Association, to represent players’ interests before the BCCI and ICC.


Elected
Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, as the first Left president of Brazil. The shoeshine boy and metal worker turned unionist won 61% votes to oust the Right.

