President H. W. Bush gave Iraq the ultimatum that they had 24 hours to get their forces out of Kuwait or face war.
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Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg discovered the chemical element Plutonium.
Eminem's album The Slim Shady LP went on sale.
The full-length, uncensored version of Schindler's List aired on NBC, receiving 65 million viewers.
During WWII, the German town of Pforzheim was annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
The movie 'Trainspotting' arrived in UK cinemas.