The musical comedy 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was first performed at the Minskoff Theatre, New York City, US.
The Dow Jones Industrial hit its third record high in one week.
The Maastricht Treaty came into effect, and with it, the European Union was formed.
Author Toni Morrison won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature for her work and essays about the Black American experience.
The 6.4 magnitude Latur earthquake in India killed nearly 10,000 people.
The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
The second-largest mosque in Africa officially opened in Casablanca, Morocco.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris received its 150 millionth visitor.
NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
Mother Teresa contracted malaria and spent one week in hospital in New Delhi, India.
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed in South Korea.
Mexican grill chain Chipotle opened its first restaurant.
The musical 'Sunset Boulevard' by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened at the Adelphi Theater in London.
Björk released her very first album called 'Debut.'
The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.