The third-strongest recorded earthquake in US history happened in Southern California.
Yitzhak Rabin's Labor Party wins the election in Israel.
World Oceans Day was celebrated for the first time.
The High Court of Australia recognized Aboriginal land rights for the first time.
The Italian mafia murder Giovanni Falcone.
The 27th Amendment was ratified.
Three astronauts, Richard J. Hieb, Thomas D. Akers, and Pierre J. Thuot, simultaneously walked in space for the first time.
Deadly riots erupt in Los Angeles.
For the first time in its 700-year history, the British House of Commons is presided over by a female Speaker.
David Bowie and supermodel Iman tied the knot in Lausanne, Switzerland.
A series of massive explosions destroys parts of Guadalajara.
The first exoplanets are discovered.
Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela revealed their separation.
The Bosnian War began after a series of violent conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.
Apartheid in South Africa comes to an end.
NASA successfully launched the third of its advanced series 2 GPS satellites into orbit.
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is jailed for life.
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who was known as the Milwaukee Cannibal, was sentenced to life in prison.
The European Union is established as the Maastricht Treaty is signed.
Air Inter Flight 148 crashed in the Vosges Mountains in France while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport.
The civil war in El Salvador ends.
Croatia and Slovenia are internationally recognized as independent nations.
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer changed his plea from not guilty to guilty but insane.
Japanese prime minister treated president George H. W. Bush to dinner, and Bush threw up on the host.
Jack Ruby's gun, which was used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, sold for $220,000 in an auction.
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned from his position as Prime Minister of the Soviet Union.
A Palestinian couple was convicted of first-degree murder for the honor killing on their daughter.
Kazakhstan declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
The Belavezha Accords signed.
Romanian Constitution comes into force.
The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
Ukraine elected its first President since the nation gained its independence from the Soviet Union.
Muslim Shi'ites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years).
STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.
Indonesian soldiers shot and killed over 200 people in a funerary march and pro-independence protest at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor.
Turkmenistan declared independence from the Soviet Union.
Dubrovnik was attacked from the land, the sea and the air by the Yugoslav National Army (JNA).
A military coup put an end to the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's first democratically-elected President.
Tajikistan declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
The republic of Macedonia Declares its Independence From Yugoslavia.
The United States announced its recognition of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania's independence as individual countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Uzbekistan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Azerbaijan officially declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Moldova declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Michael Schumacher Makes His Formula One Debut.
Belarus declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Ukraine separated from the Soviet Union, marking this day as Ukraine’s Independence Day.
Latvia gains full independence from the Soviet Union.
