In Beijing, over 100000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.

The German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, announces that they are dissolving after 28 years.

Mae West was sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.

A suicide bomber kills 63 people at the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.

–The 355 Years’ War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly finally ends.

A crush of people occurs at Hillsborough Stadium in the FA Cup Semi Final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.

“The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight” is fought in El Paso, Texas.

The Great Chicago Flood occurs

The polio vaccine is declared safe and effective.