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The public was no longer able to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa up close. Due to fears about safety and stability, engineers had to straighten the tower by 18 inches. Constructed from 1170 - 1370. -
One of the longest solar eclipses happened over New Zealand and it lasted 6 minutes and 53 seconds.
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Near Faith, SD Sue Hendrickson discovered a T-Rex that was 90% complete. She was 13 ft tall and 40 ft long. She was given the name "Sue" after the lady that found her.
The Chicago Field Museum bough her for 8 million dollars. -
A public statment confimed that Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury has been very ill with AIDS. He died the next day. -
The following countries gained their independence: Uzbeckistan, Taijkstan, Kygyzstan, Axerbajian, Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Estonia. -
Riots broke out throughout L.A. after four white police officers were acquitted in the beating of a black truck driver, Rodney King, on March 2, 1991. The beating had been filmed and shown on TV all across the world.
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The MOA located in Bloomington, MN is the largest shopping center in the U.S. It covers 78 acers and has 500 stores to shop. -
A truck bomb driven by Islamic terrorists was parked under the North tower and exploded. 6 people died and 1000's were injured. -
The original 9 include: Legs the Frog, Squeaker the Pig, Brownie the Bear, Flash the Dolphin, Splash the Whale, Patti the Platypus, Chocolate the Moose, Spot the Dog, and Pinchers the Lobster -
One of the worst brush fires in New South Wales history destroyed the world's second largest national park, Royal National Park. 800,000 acres were burned, 287 residential properties were destroyed and 4 deaths occured. At the peak of the fire, over 20,000 fire fighters had been deployed to contain the fires. -
After a practice for the U.S. Figure Skating Championship, Kerrigan was hit in the right knee, causing an injury that would put her out of the competition. It was discovered that her biggest rival, Tonya Harding and others, were responsible for the attack.
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Publicly televised on live TV, OJ Simpson got into his white Ford Bronco and led police on a "slow-speed" chase for almost an hour before being arrested. He had been accused of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman earlier in the day. -
Timothy McVay plotted and carried out his domestic terror attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on this day. He was angry with the federal government and knew this building was full of government workers. One of the hardest hit areas was the buildings daycare center. Overall the explosion killed 168 people and injured another 680. Approximately 90 minutes after the attack, McVay was arrested. -
Temps exceeded 104 degrees F over 5 days. At least 3,000 people die, 750 in Chicago alone. -
This fatal disease hit Britain causing a ban of beef exports. All at risk cattle were culled. -
The United Nations banned all nations from testing any nuclear explosions above or below ground for any reason. -
In Scotland, scientists announced that in fact mammals could be cloned from an adult cell. -
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs came together and Gates agreed to invest $150 million in Apple stock -
The car she was riding in crashed into a wall while being chased by the paparazzi. It was found that the driver had drugs and alcohol in his system. -
Larry Page and Sergey Brin's web search engine officially become a company -
The United States sent a 6 person crew to attach the Unity node to the Russian module Zarya. -
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold placed bombs in their high school hoping they would explode. When they didn't go off they entered the school and began shooting. 13 people died, 21 were injured and both shooters commit suicide. -
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The fear was critical industries and government functions would stop working because computer dates would go to 1900 instead of 2000.
