The worst oil spill in American history occurs when the tanker Exxon Valdez hits a submerged reef in Alaska and 240,000 barrels of oil are dumped into Prince William Sound.
The Ayatollah Khomeni puts a 5.2 million dollar bounty on the head of author Salman Rushdie, claiming his novel, The Satanic Verses , slanders Islam.
Kim Basinger buys the Georgia town of Braselton (pop. 500).
Melanie Griffith marries Don Johnson for the second time.
Madonna signs a multi-million dollar endorsement deal with Pepsi, only to have them yank it after Christian groups complain about her "Like A Prayer" video. She keeps most of the dough.
The Berlin Wall comes down.
Over a million students hold mass demonstrations for democracy in China's Tienamen Square.
Madonna and Sean Penn divorce; she's rumored to be having an affair with her "Dick Tracy" co-star Warren Beatty.
