1st » Palau gains independence from the United Nations (United Nations Trusteeship Council called trusteeship administered by the United States of America).
12th » NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of Venus (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere).
14th » The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the Foreign Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres, receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of the future Pales
17th » Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
21st » North Korea and weapons of mass destruction named North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
21st » In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
26th » Jordan and Israel sign Israel–Jordan peace treaty called a peace treaty.
27th » Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
29th » Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton).