The movie 'Big' starring Tom Hanks, premiered in the US.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson got married.
Flight attendant Clarabelle 'C.B.' Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
Kanellos Kanellopoulos flies across the Aegean Sea in a human-powered aircraft.
The Last Emperor receives nine Academy Awards.
Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize Award for her novel 'Beloved.'
Doug Williams became the first African-American quarterback to play in the Super Bowl.
Wall Street film directed by Oliver Stone starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, was released.
The New Orleans Saints secured their first winning season after being in the NFL for 21 years.
English singer George Michael's first album 'Faith' was released.
Bruce Springsteen released his album 'Tunnel of Love.'
The science-fiction TV series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' first aired on CBS.
Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in China.
The United Nations declared Matej Gaspar as the five billionth person in the world.
The musical 'Dreamgirls' was performed for the first time at the Ambassador Theatre, New York City.
The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
Mike Tyson won a technical knockout against Pinklon Thomas, winning the heavyweight boxing title.
The first installment of The Simpsons is aired.
Vincent van Gogh's famous painting 'Sunflowers' was sold for an incredible $39.7 million, the most ever paid for a painting.
The first Soul Train Music Awards took place in Santa Monica, California, US.
American basketball champion David Robinson scored a career-high 50 points in the NCAA tournament.
The American Motors Corporation, best known for creating the Jeep, was bought out by Chrysler.
193 people die when a ferry capsizes in the North Sea.
Aretha Franklin became the first-ever female artist to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Mark Messier was suspended for ten games for starting a fight with Jamie Macoun and breaking his cheekbone.
The Rutan Voyager became the first plane to fly around the world without stopping for fuel.
Mike Tyson wins fight against Trevor Berbick.
The crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 1628 sighted three potential UFOs above Alaska.
Jankenteam's Alex Kidd in Miracle World was released in Japan for the Sega Master System.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Phantom of the Opera' was premiered in London with stars Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.
The drama TV show 'L.A. Law' premiered on NBC.
The American neo-noir mystery film 'Blue Velvet' premiered in Toronto, Canada.
The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.
Diego Maradona coins the phrase 'Hand of God'.
Top Gun, directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise, premiered.
The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation published Anne Frank's complete diary.
In the Los Angeles Public Library, a fire broke out, destroying 400,000 books.
The NFL started using the instant replay rule where video is analyzed to review what had just happened in a game.
The world's richest tennis player, Martina Navratilova, became the first to make $10 million.
Actor Yul Brynner starred in an anti-smoking ad campaign while dying of smoking-related lung cancer.
The first artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Charity song 'That's What Friends Are For' hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The film 'The Color Purple,' based on the novel by Alice Walker, directed by Steven Spielberg, premiered in New York.
Windows 1.0 released
22-year-old Russian Gary Kasparov won the 13th World Chess Championship against Anatoly Karpov to become the youngest World Chess Champion.
Steven Spielberg's anthology series, 'Amazing Stories,' premiered on NBC-TV.
The American sitcom 'The Golden Girls' premiered on NBC.
Super Mario Bros was released for the Nintendo Family Computer in Japan.
The Wreck of the sunk ship Titanic is found in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Richard Branson's attempt at obtaining the fastest Atlantic crossing ended when his speed boat crashed.
