The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.

Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany

The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the Gulf War begins.

The Supergroup USA for Africa records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.

An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills over 1000 people.

A whale explodes in Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is thought to be the cause.

A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills 250.

The first Apple Mac goes on sale.

The Dendermonde nursery attack occurs in Dendermonde, Belgium.