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World Events[]

  • Gulf War: The Congress of the United States passes a resolution authorizing the use of military force to liberate Kuwait.
  • Siad Barre is overthrown; Somalia enters civil war.
  • The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
  • The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes bombs in the early morning, at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
  • Collapse of Yugoslavia: Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
  • The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second-largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
  • Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese opposition politician, won the Nobel Peace prize.
  • Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union, from which most republics have already seceded, anticipating the dissolution of the 74-year-old state.

Events In Rock[]

  • Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies from pneumonia induced by AIDS. Consequently, "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes to number one in the UK for the second time, the only song to ever go to number one at Christmas more than once in the same version. It has now spent 14 weeks at number one.
  • KISS drummer Eric Carr dies from complications of heart cancer.
  • Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark dies on January 8 due to compression of the brain stem from excessive alcohol mixed with anti-depressants and painkillers (as a result of a rib injury).
  • Izzy Stradlin quits Guns N' Roses.
  • Bryan Adams's 16-week stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart is finally ended by U2 single "The Fly", having already set a new record for the longest consecutive stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart.

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