Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.

The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.

The Goodyear tire company is founded.

First day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians.

The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.

Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.