September Tajikistan declares its independence from the Soviet Union. December Franco Maria Malfatti Italian politician . N [...]

August Billy . March Leo Fender American instrument maker b. April Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev begins the first ever visit of leader to Japan but fails resolve two countries dispute over ownership Kuril Islands [...]

Berg Canadian actor Derrick Favors American basketball player Yuki Kashiwagi Japanese singer and actress July Alexandra Shipp Andros Townsend English footballer Karina Pasian pianist Merxat Chinese Alec Burks Tawan Vihokratana Thai model travel vlogger Sara Sampaio Portuguese Tuan Muhamad Faim Malaysian BiBi Jones pornographic Terron Armstead Lauren Mitchell Australian artistic gymnast Emily Bett Rickards Nathan Hartono Singaporean Matt DiBenedetto race car driver Rena Matsui idol Aizawa gravure Maestro Harrell Miki Ishikawa David Carreira Diana Vickers stage fashion designer Filipa Azevedo Abhay Jodhpurkar Indian August edit Lakeith Stanfield Austin Butler Richard Harmon Dylan Brien Kyle Massey Skyler Day Zuleyka Silver Ismail Juma Tanzanian longdistance runner . May Lydia Cabrera Cuban anthropologist and poet . Mengistu Haile Mariam president of the People Democratic Republic Ethiopia flees to Zimbabwe effectively bringing Ethiopian Civil War end [...]

Doris Zinkeisen Scottish theatrical stage and costume designer painter commercial artist writer b. July Boris Yeltsin begins his year term as the first elected president of Russia. Jean Rogers American actress b [...]

February President of Albania Ramiz Alia dismisses the government headed by Prime Minister Adil effort to stem prodemocracy protests. March Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milo evi Belgrade two people killed and tanks the streets. June Larry Kert American actor b. May Gene Clark American b [...]

Buddhist calendar Chinese Metal Horse to Goat Coptic Discordian Hebrew Hindu calendarsVikram Samvat Shaka Kali Yuga Holocene Iranian Islamic Japanese calendarHeisei Javanese Juche minus daysKorean calendarROC Nanakshahi calendarThai solar male IronHorse female IronGoat Unix time Wikimedia Commons has related . December Richard Speck American mass murderer . December The North Atlantic Cooperation Council NACC meets for first time day which Soviet Union ceases to exist [...]

February The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes bombs in early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria London. A tornado destroys parts of Itu city in southeastern Brazil killing and leaving injured. Louis Guglielmi French composer b. The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches mortar attack Downing Street during cabinet meeting [...]

December. December edit Franco Maria Malfatti Aad Mansveld George Stigler American economist Nobel Prize laureate . August Billy . August The cruise liner MTS Oceanos sinks off coast South Africa and all passengers on board are safely evacuated by SAAF helicopters [...]

October November The Perfect Storm strikes northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada causing over million of damage resulting direct fatalities. January Ralph TambsLyche Norwegian mathematician [...]

January Red Grange American football player Chicago Bears and member of the Pro Hall Fame . December The Supreme Soviet of Russian SFSR denounces Union Treaty and ratifies Belavezha Accords instead [...]

The deal results in creation of United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia. April Charles Goren American bridge player writer and columnist [...]

It was the year that is usually considered final of Cold War had begun late . July edit The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at meeting Prague. July President Bush and Gorbachev reach agreement on START II which is formally signed [...]