Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China
Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China
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Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China
Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok
Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok
Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi cl
The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests
The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of D
Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon
Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister
Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress
Croatians vote for independence in a referendum
Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras
Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras
Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing t
Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing t
Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era
The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg reg
Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNA
Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists