Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

The Natural History Museum, London announces that the “Piltdown Man” skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found,…

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

The worst brawl in NBA history results in several players being suspended. Several players and fans are charged with assault and battery.

Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.

In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.

In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.

Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.

The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.