6818 events
A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus…
Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist…
Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding…
Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.
The Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic.
Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine, the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World
In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later o