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.
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.
The show trial of Romanian Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu occurred.
United States' invasion of Panama begins.
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush declared an end to the Cold War.
The Discovery Space Shuttle was launched on the fifth Department of Defense shuttle mission.
This day marked the beginning of The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia.
The Berlin Wall began to fall.
New York City elected its first African American Mayor, David Dinkins.
'Uncle Sam' became the official nickname of the United States.
The rings of Neptune were discovered.
A solar flare from the sun created a geomagnetic storm, which caused Toronto's stock market to halt.
The Space Shuttle Colombia launched from the Kennedy Space Center for a secret military mission.
Burning the US flag was deemed legal.
Up to 800 civilians and 12 soldiers died during a student protest for democracy at Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China.
Mike Tyson received his second speeding ticket while drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York.
NASA's Atlantis Space Shuttle ferried the Magellan space probe into orbit.
The Hillsborough disaster occurred.
The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
New York Times Newspaper officially declared that the Cold War was over.
The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.
Five Pharaoh sculptures were discovered in the temple of Luxor.
The US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, closed due to increasing security concerns.
Akihito succeeded his father to become the 125th Emperor of Japan.
George H. W. Bush declared himself President of the United States of America.
Two robbers who wore police uniforms robbed an armored truck of $3 million in New Jersey.
Antonov An-255 Mriya, the largest airplane in the world, flew for the first time.
Rain Man, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, premiered in New York.
A 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia, killed 25,000-50,000 people and left up to 500,000 homeless.
The Soviet Union's uncrewed Buran space shuttle completed its first and only space flight.
George H. W. Bush was elected as the 41st President of the United States of America.
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil was ratified.
Israel launched its first satellite, Ofek-1, from the Palmachim Air Base.
An extreme category 5 hurricane called Gilbert hit Jamaica, with the eye of the storm being 15 miles wide.
Yellowstone National Park closed for the first time in US history due to ongoing fires.
Australia began selling its first platinum coin, featuring a Koala.
The Iran-Iraq war ended in a stalemate after nearly eight years of conflict.
Donald Trump became Mike Tyson's advisor.
The Island Express train derailed on the Peruman Bridge in India.
Haitian coup d'état started, and President Henri Namphy overthrew President Leslie Manigat.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson got married.
Flight attendant Clarabelle 'C.B.' Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
The Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
