The drug ecstasy (also known as MDMA) heats up dance culture as the Cold War keeps thawing.
Thousands storm East Germany’s Stasi headquarters to read their secret files.
Over 5000 people queues at dawn for the opening of the first McDonalds in Moscow.
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to Mikhail Gorbachev,
Our own Nobel Laureate, author Patrick White dies.
As the US and UK send troops to Kuwait after Iraq invades.
Free… Free… Free… Nelson Mandela…
And after 27 years in prison anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela walks free.
