The show trial of Romanian Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu occurred.
The first full-length episode of The Simpsons aired on FOX.
Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, was released.
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 musical 'Grand Hotel' was first performed at the Martin Beck Theater in New York City.
The Berlin Wall began to fall.
New York City elected its first African American Mayor, David Dinkins.
The city planning simulation game SimCity was released for the Apple Macintosh.
American drama TV series 'Baywatch' premiered on NBC.
'Uncle Sam' became the official nickname of the United States.
The Joan Rivers American daytime TV talk show aired for the first time.
The rings of Neptune were discovered.
Baseballer Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters.
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.
American sitcom ''Seinfeld” debuted on NBC.
A 150 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur embryo was found inside a fossilized egg.
The Soviet Union announced that all of its troops had officially withdrawn from Afghanistan.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.
