The PlayStation was first released in Japan.

Pakistan launches a strike against India and a full scale war begins.

The Locarno Treaty is signed in London which establish post-war territorial settlements.

A chemical leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people.

A methyl isocyanate leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people.