10th » In Miami, Florida, the former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for Recreational drug use called drug and racketeering violations.
14th » 386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open-source software or Open Source Operating System Revolution. Linus Torvalds releases his Linux soon afterwards.
18th » The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre forced disappearance called disappear from their university in Lima.
20th » Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
22nd » Near Medellín, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes from his luxury prison fearing extradition to the United States.
23rd » A Catholic Church Vatican commission, led by Pope Benedict XVI Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of Homosexuality homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
23rd » Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia (country) named Georgia.
31st » Georgia (country) or Georgia joins the United Nations.