American independent adventure movie “My Own Private Idaho,” starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves, was released.
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Canada legally declared women as 'persons.'
Former Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan as suicide bombers attacked her convoy in Karachi.
Hurricane Hazel hit the American East Coast and became the worst to hit North America.
Rocksteady Games released the grittiest Batman game to date, Batman: Arkham City.
African-American poet Phillis Wheatley was freed from slavery.
