Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical soundtrack, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” was recorded.
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Interplay's Fallout was released in North America for MS-DOS and Windows computers.
Edward Seymour, the first Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, had his title stripped from him.
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor became the first Malaysian in space aboard Russia's Soyuz TMA-10.
Three thousand five hundred women in Iran were allowed to attend a soccer match for the first time in 40 years.
The three-day Great Chicago Fire was finally extinguished after destroying 3.3 square miles.