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Historical Event(s)
– The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
– During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– White South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favour, in a national referendum, to end the racist policy of Apartheid.
– Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
– Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
– An earthquake in Nicaragua kills at least 116 people.
– An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany.
– The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1500 people.
– A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, killing 56 people.