April 14 — 20 paintings worth $500 million were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum.
May 19 — in Kuwait, a court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for wearing a T-shirt bearing an image of Saddam Hussein.
May 20 — the USSR adopted a law on the procedure for Soviet citizens to enter and leave the country. Restrictions on foreign travel were lifted.
November 23 — Freddie Mercury confirmed rumors that he had AIDS. The next day, he died.