Estonia claimed its independence from USSR.
Race riots break out in the Crown Heights area of New York city.
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.
US and USSR sign Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer admitted to murdering 17 people.
Brioni Declaration is signed.
The Warsaw Pact, a defense treaty between 8 communist countries, is formally disbanded in Prague.
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake dubbed the 'Sierra Madre Earthquake' occurred in South California and caused around $40 million in damages.
Yugoslav troops invade Slovenia.
The German parliament moves to Berlin.
Drug lord Pablo Escobar handed himself into the police.
The second-largest volcano eruption of the 20th Century happened in the Philippines.
Boris Yeltsin becomes Russia's first President.
NASA's STS-40 became the first spaceflight with three women to be launched into space.
Former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, is assassinated.
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.
4 South American countries establish Mercosur.
The 'Birmingham Six' are released.
Los Angeles police brutally beat an unarmed Rodney King with batons up to 60 times.
The first Gulf War ends.
The world's first web browser is presented to the public.
The Warsaw Pact is declared disbanded.
President H. W. Bush gave Iraq the ultimatum that they had 24 hours to get their forces out of Kuwait or face war.
Two 'smart bombs' kill at least 408 civilians in Baghdad.
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.
Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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.
The largest dinosaur fossil is found.
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.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is signed into law.
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's Parliament declared sovereignty over Ukrainian territories.
Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled.
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 WHO deletes homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
