31 people die in a fire at the underground station, King’s Cross St Pancras.

The people living on the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland as it is considered to dangerous to continue living there.

David Livingstone “discovers” and becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls.

The first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004, is released by Intel.

Several high level Mafia figures are arrested at the so-called The Apalachin Meeting in New York.

The former Soviet Union completes its development of the AK-47 rifle.

Ramzi Yousef is convicted of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Bill Gates unveils Windows 1.0.

Cambodia is givens independence from France.