An Israeli doctor kills 30 unarmed Palestinians in the Mosque of Abraham. The massacre by right-wing extremist Baruch Goldstein was widely condemned, also in Israel.

The Warsaw Pact is declared disbanded. Following the end of the Cold War, the defense treaty between 8 communist states had lost its purpose. It had been signed in 1955 as an antagonist of NATO.

Corazon Aquino is sworn in as the 11th President of the Philippines. Aquino's presidency ended 20 years of dictatorship. She was the first female president in Asia.

Muhammad Ali becomes world heavyweight champion. Ali, who still used his original name Cassius Clay at the time, is considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history.

The state of Prussia is dissolved. At its peak, the most important state of the German empire encompassed parts of modern-day Germany, Poland, and Russia.