Nintendo and other video game companies started sweating with
reports of several cases of epileptic fits caused by video games.
IRA bombs exploded in Warrington and London's financial district,
and the Waco seige ended in carnage when leader of the sect David
Koresh died with most of the 120 members.
Film star River Phoenix died, and John Wayne Bobbit gained a new
acting career after his partner performed a little home surgery
that left him needing stitches in a rather tender area.
Australian Aborigines celebrated the new Native Title Act which
recognised their territorial rights taken from them by European
colonists.
The Maastricht Treaty, agreed in late 1991, came into effect meaning
the European Community became the European Union (EU).
US scientists reported successful cloning of human embryos.