Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Slovenian referendum on independence from Yugoslavia.
Bo Jackson becomes first athlete named to NFL, MLB all‑star games.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft made its first flyby of Earth.
Prime Minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher, handed in her resignation to the Queen and stepped down after being prime minister for 11 years.
American Christmas comedy 'Home Alone' with Macaulay Culkin premiered in Chicago, US.
Whitney Houston released her third album, 'I'm Your Baby Tonight.'
Apple Day started in Covent Garden, London.
The 1991 Best Picture, 'Dances With Wolves,' premiered in Washington, D.C.
IMDB (Internet Movie Database) was founded. It was incorporated as a website in January 1996.
One thousand radio stations from over 100 countries around the world simultaneously broadcast John Lennon's 'Imagine' in honor of what would have been his 50th birthday.
A large explosion above the Pacific Ocean turned out to be a meteorite.
Marvin Gaye was given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia.
The biographical crime film 'Goodfellas' was released in the United States.
Liechtenstein became the 160th member of the United Nations.
The legal drama TV series 'Law & Order' aired for the first time on NBC.
A Faucett Perú 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
An F5 max rating tornado smashed through Plainfield, Illinois, killing 29 people, injuring 353, and causing $165 million in damages.
Armenia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA's Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
The first American soldiers arrived in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
Iraq invaded the Gulf state of Kuwait.
Pink Floyd performed their hit 'The Wall' at the previous Berlin Wall location.
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's Parliament declared sovereignty over Ukrainian territories.
The state of Florida banned thong bikinis at some state parks.
The asteroid Eureka was discovered by David H. Levy.
Police checks on drunk drivers was declared constitutional by the US Supreme Court.
Philadelphia Phillies retired the future Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt's uniform #20.
The 'Portrait of Dr. Gachet' by Vincent van Gogh was sold for $82.5 million in three minutes.
Latvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
The first pieces of the Berlin Wall were dismantled, starting at Brandenburg Gate.
Nicaragua elected its first-ever female President, Violeta Chamorro.
The Discovery Space Shuttle deployed the Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit.
NASA's Discovery Space Shuttle carried the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.
The 'Twentieth Century Dinosaurs' exhibit opened at the Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History.
After seventy-five years of South African rule, Namibia finally gained its independence.
The first Women's World Championship Ice Hockey Tournament took place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
$500 million worth of art was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, US.
Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the Soviet Union's first President.
The Zodiac Killer shot his first victim Mario Orosco.
The New Zealand Navy ended its daily allowance of rum to their sailors.
Pale Blue Dot, an iconic photo of our Earth, was taken by Voyager 1 space probe.
Nelson Mandela was released from prison after being incarcerated for 27 years in South Africa.
Japan launched its first lunar probe, Hiten, from the Uchinoura Space Center.
American tennis player John McEnroe became the first player to be expelled from the Australian Open.
China lifted martial law.
NASA's Columbia Space Shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-32.
The iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa leaned 'too far,' which resulted in its closure.
