Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
World War II: in the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.
Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.
Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.