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In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and…
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
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
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009
In modern Russia's first democratic election, Boris Yeltsin is elected as the President of Russia
Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai n
Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of