The Battle of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.
The siege lasted for a total of thirteen days.
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Silent Hill, the first installment in the Silent Hill series, was released for the PlayStation.
President H. W. Bush gave Iraq the ultimatum that they had 24 hours to get their forces out of Kuwait or face war.
The full-length, uncensored version of Schindler's List aired on NBC, receiving 65 million viewers.
The movie 'Trainspotting' arrived in UK cinemas.
During WWII, the German town of Pforzheim was annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
