Soviets leave
Afghanistan - Feb 15
Exxon Valdez spill - Mar 24
Disney-MGM opened - 1 May
RYEBREAD (then called Regan Young Architects) opens in Hainesport - 1
May
Tiananmen Square Democracy Massacre - June 4
Solidarity wins Polish Elections - June 4
TV show Seinfeld premier - 5 July
Colin Powell made first black Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff - Aug 9
F. W. de Klerk becomes President of South Africa
San Francisco/Oakland (Loma Prieta) Earthquake - Oct 17
Douglas Wilder becomes first elected African-American US Governor (VA) -
Nov 7
Fall of Berlin Wall - Nov 10
Start of Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution – Nov 17
First full-length episode of The Simpsons airs on TV – Dec 17
US Troops invade Panama, topple Manuel Noriega - Dec 20
