After a 15-month-long journey from earth, NASA’s Magellan went into orbit around Venus and began to map the planet.
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Monsanto became liable to pay out $289 million in damages to a groundsman who got terminal cancer from its 'Roundup' weed killer.
The Paluweh volcano in Indonesia erupted and claimed six lives.
Canon Inc. was established in Tokyo, Japan.
The Society for American Baseball Research was founded in Cooperstown, New York.
In Tanzania, people attempted to siphon petrol from an overturned fuel tanker which exploded.
