Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg discovered the chemical element Plutonium.
Plutonium is used as both a fuel and an explosive.
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President H. W. Bush gave Iraq the ultimatum that they had 24 hours to get their forces out of Kuwait or face war.
US General Eisenhower bid to raise $170 million in aid to help European Jews.
Silent Hill, the first installment in the Silent Hill series, was released for the PlayStation.
NASA successfully launched the third of its advanced series 2 GPS satellites into orbit.
During WWII, the German town of Pforzheim was annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.