Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' was found at a hotel, just three months after it had been stolen from a museum.
Bobcat Goldthwait was charged with two misdemeanors after setting a chair on fire during his appearance on 'The Tonight Show.'
The Simpsons aired its 100th television episode on Fox.
Michael Moorer claimed the heavyweight boxing title after smashing Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, US.
Kurt Cobain from Nirvana committed suicide at age 27 by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun.
Barbra Streisand performed her first live public concert in 20 years.
Andrea Bocelli made his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia.
Philadelphia premiered in Century City, California. It was one of the first mainstream films about AIDS, directed by Jonathan Demme.
Neil Simon's play 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor' opened at Richard Rodger's New York City theatre.
The musical comedy 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was first performed at the Minskoff Theatre, New York City, US.
Author Toni Morrison won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature for her work and essays about the Black American experience.
Production of the Pixar film Toy Story began.
The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed in South Korea.
The musical 'Sunset Boulevard' by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened at the Adelphi Theater in London.
Björk released her very first album called 'Debut.'
Carlos Martinez famously hit a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run in major league baseball.
Star Trek episode 'Second Chances' aired, guest-starring Mae Jemison.
A Boeing 727 crashed into a mountain in Medellin, Colombia.
American country music artist Alan Jackson released his 'Chattahoochee' single.
Tennis ace Monica Seles is stabbed by an obsessed fan.
CERN announces that World Wide Web protocols will remain free.
The Intel Corporation produces the first Pentium microprocessor.
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
The movie 'Malcolm X,' starring Denzel Washington, was released in the US.
British comedy TV series 'Absolutely Fabulous' aired for the first time.
The Airbus A330 had its first test flight.
Super Mario Kart was released in North America on the SNES console.
Nintendo released 'Kirby's Dream Land' for the Game Boy in North America.
Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Mary J. Blige's album 'What's the 411?' was released by Uptown Records and MCA Records.
Lynne and William Jolitz released the Unix-like operating system 386BSD.
Batman Returns was released in the US.
Jay Leno became the permanent host of 'The Tonight Show.'
Rapper Ice Cube married Kimberly Woodruff.
David Bowie and supermodel Iman tied the knot in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela revealed their separation.
Donna Summer received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Right Said Fred hit number one on the US Hot 100 Charts with 'I'm too Sexy.'
Air Inter Flight 148 crashed in the Vosges Mountains in France while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport.
Pan American World Airways ceased operations.
American independent adventure movie 'My Own Private Idaho,' starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, was released.
American rock band 'Nirvana' released their second album called Nevermind.
Linus Torvalds released the first version of the Linux operating system kernel for free on the Internet.
Nirvana released their lead single, 'Smells like Teen Spirit,' which is often dubbed the 'anthem for apathetic kids' of Generation X.
Michael Schumacher Makes His Formula One Debut.
Metallica released their single 'Enter Sandman.'
Court TV was launched on American cable television.
Sonic the Hedgehog was released for the Sega Genesis in North America.
The last episode of David Lynch's original Twin Peaks aired.
