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| Anniversary Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich |  |
| 2nd Nov Moscow In the 70th Anniversary speech says Stalin's crimes were "enormous & unforgiveable" |
| Armament Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| 14th April Moscow Proposes cuts to the USAby offering to remove short range missiles from Eastern Europe |
| Arrest Waite, Terry |  |
| 20th June Beirut Taken hostage in Beirut while acting as the Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy |
| Arrest Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Feb Moscow Gorbachev & Sakharov meet publicly in Moscow at the International Peace Forum |
| Arrest Kravtsov, Boris | |
| Feb Moscow About 140 political prisoners are released |
| Arrest Mbeki, Govan |  |
| Govan Mbeki is released |
| Assassination Neave, Maurice | |
| 25th April London Killed with his wife by an IRA bomb |
| Assassination Karami, Rashid |  |
| 1st June Assassinated by a bomb planted in his helicopter |
| Award Blues Foundation Hall of Fame King, Riley B "BB" |  |
| BB King is inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame |
| Award State Prize for Building Di Di, Hua |  |
| Awarded the State Prize for building China's 1st space launcher & satellite |
| Blues Foundation Hall of Fame King King, Riley B "BB" | |
| BB King is inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame |
| Booker Prize Ackroyd Ackroyd, Peter | |
| London Winner of the Booker Prize for, "Hawksmoor" |
| Booker Prize Dunn Dunn, Douglas | |
| London Winner of the Booker Prize for Poetry, "Elegies" |
| Booker Prize Winterson Winterson, Jeanette | |
| Winner of the Booker Prize for 1st novel, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" |
| Budget Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Cuts two pence off the basic rate of income tax |
| Chain of Hope Dianna | |
| The Princess of Wales is one of the first high-profile celebrities to be photographed touching a person infected with HIV at the 'chain of hope' organisation |
| Chancellor Jenkins, Roy | |
| Oxford Appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford |
| Chief Secretary Major, John Roy | |
| June London Appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
| Colombo Peace Accord Gandhi, Rajiv |  |
| 29th July Colombo The Indo-SriLanka Peace Accord is an accord signed in Colombo between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and President J.R. Jayewardene |
| 29th July Colombo Under the terms of the agreement Colombo agrees to a devolution of power to the provinces the SriLankan troops were withdraw to their barracks in the north, the Tamil rebels were to disarm |
| Company Commander Musharraf, Pervez |  |
| Heads a newly formed SSG at Khapalu base (Kashmir), launches an unsuccessful assault to capture the Indian held posts of Bilafond La in Siachen Glacier |
| Composition Hutchence, Michael |  |
| Sydney INXS release the Album, "Kick" |
| Composition Adams, Bryan |  |
| Adams releases the Album, "Into the Fire", certified platinum |
| Composition Bon, Simon John Charles Le | |
| Duran Duran's 5th album, "Notorius", is released |
| Composition Harrison, George | |
| Releases Album, "Cloud Nine" |
| Releases the single "Got My Mind Set on You" reaches number two in the UK and number one in America |
| Composition Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" | |
| Releases Album, "Tribute", dedicated to Randy Rhodes |
| Composition Sumner, Gordon Matthew "Sting" | |
| Releases "Nothing Like the Sun" |
| Composition Waters, Roger | |
| June Roger Waters releases his second solo album, "Radio Chaos " |
| Composition Springstein, Bruce | |
| Releases "Tunnel of Love", No 1 UK & USAAlbum |
| Congress of CCP Xiaoping, Deng | |
| Feb The Congress reaffirms Deng's policies, including economic liberalization |
| Congress of CP, 27th Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Feb Moscow 27th Party Congress |
| Constitution Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah |  |
| Sibghatullah Mojaddedi is selected as the head of the Interim Islamic State of Afghanistan, in an attempt to reassert its legitimacy against the Moscow-sponsored Kabul regime |
| Constitution Husak, Gustav |  |
| 19th Mar Prague Rep Announces similar reforms to those by Gorbachev in Russia |
| Constitution Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich | |
| Jan Moscow Proposes elections for party officials, a practice which is soon adopted |
| Mar Moscow Pravda announces larger constituencies & more candidates than seats in local elections |
| Constitution Mugabe, Robert Gabriel |  |
| A merger is agreed between ZANU & ZAPU creating a 1 party state under ZANU-PF |
| The presidency becomes an executive post, is elected for 6 yrs |
| The president appoints the Cabinet & can veto parliamentary bils |
| 30th Dec Mugabe changes the Constitution & becomes executive president |
| Coup d'Etat Ali, Zine el Abidine Ben |  |
| Tunis Ben Ali declares Bourguiba incompetent & seizes power |
| Coup d'Etat Bourguiba, Habib | |
| Tunis Ben Ali declares Bourguiba incompetent & seizes power |
| Crash Stock Market Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 19th Oct Washington Dramatic falls in the stock market following "black monday" in Wall St |
| Death Hess, Rudolph |  |
| 17th Aug It is announced that Hess has committed suicide in Spandau |
| Death Duncan-Sandys, Duncan | |
| Death of Duncan Duncan-Sandys |
| Death Neave, Maurice | |
| 25th April London Killed with his wife by an IRA bomb |
| Death Singh, Giani Zail | |
| Death of Giani Zail Singh |
| Death Karami, Rashid | |
| 1st June Assassinated by a bomb planted in his helicopter |
| Declaration of Intifada Arafat, Yasser |  |
| Dec Arafat launches the 1st Antifada |
| Deputy Commander Baltin, Eduard Dmitrievich | |
| Appointed Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet |
| Deputy Prime Minister Sorsa, Kalevi |  |
| Helsinki Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Finland |
| Deputy Speaker &n |
