American Christmas comedy 'Home Alone' with Macaulay Culkin premiered in Chicago, US.
Whitney Houston released her third album, 'I'm Your Baby Tonight.'
Apple Day started in Covent Garden, London.
The 1991 Best Picture, 'Dances With Wolves,' premiered in Washington, D.C.
IMDB (Internet Movie Database) was founded. It was incorporated as a website in January 1996.
One thousand radio stations from over 100 countries around the world simultaneously broadcast John Lennon's 'Imagine' in honor of what would have been his 50th birthday.
A large explosion above the Pacific Ocean turned out to be a meteorite.
Marvin Gaye was given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia.
The biographical crime film 'Goodfellas' was released in the United States.
Liechtenstein became the 160th member of the United Nations.
The legal drama TV series 'Law & Order' aired for the first time on NBC.
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.
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.
Pink Floyd performed their hit 'The Wall' at the previous Berlin Wall location.
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic's Parliament declared sovereignty over Ukrainian territories.
