STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.
Turkmenistan declared independence from the Soviet Union.
Tajikistan declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
The United States announced its recognition of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania's independence as individual countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Moldova declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Belarus declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Ukraine separated from the Soviet Union, marking this day as Ukraine’s Independence Day.
Estonia claimed its independence from USSR.
North Carolina, US, was hit by hurricane Bob.
The Warsaw Radio Mast in Poland malfunctioned and collapsed.
Greek-owned cruise ship 'Oceanos' sank off the coast of South Africa due to uncontrollable flooding.
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer admitted to murdering 17 people.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake dubbed the 'Sierra Madre Earthquake' occurred in South California and caused around $40 million in damages.
Drug lord Pablo Escobar handed himself into the police.
The second-largest volcano eruption of the 20th Century happened in the Philippines.
NASA's STS-40 became the first spaceflight with three women to be launched into space.
Northern Somalia declared its independence, becoming the unrecognized de facto Republic of Somaliland.
The Republic of Georgia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
A referendum in the Republic of Georgia took place to vote on the country's independence.
Los Angeles police brutally beat an unarmed Rodney King with batons up to 60 times.
President H. W. Bush gave Iraq the ultimatum that they had 24 hours to get their forces out of Kuwait or face war.
The Gulf War in Iraq begins.
US Congress gave George H. W. Bush the authority to declare war on Iraq.
Slovenian referendum on independence from Yugoslavia.
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.
Apple Day started in Covent Garden, London.
Marvin Gaye was given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia.
Liechtenstein became the 160th member of the United Nations.
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.
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's Parliament declared sovereignty over Ukrainian territories.
The state of Florida banned thong bikinis at some state parks.
Police checks on drunk drivers was declared constitutional by the US Supreme Court.
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.
