Georgia restored the use of its 'five cross flag' which had not been used for almost 500 years.

United States president, Bill Clinton, and Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, signed the Kremlin accords. Under the terms of the Kremlin accords the United States and Russia stopped the pre-programmed aiming of nuclear missiles at each other.

In Britain, the Duchess of Kent, became the first member of the Royal Family to convert to Catholicism in more than 300 years.

American actor, Humphrey Bogart, died at the age of 58. Considered by many as the greatest American actor of all time he was one of the most celebrated actors of all time and one who has retained his fame even half a century after his death.

The Today Show premiered on the NBC channel. Still running today (2006), it is the second longest running show in American television.

American actress, Faye Dunaway, was born in Florida. She is one of the most celebrated actresses of the 20th century.

A strong earthquake hit Kingston, Jamaica resulting in the death of more than 1,000 people.

Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca premiered in Rome, Italy.

Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed VI, was born in Constantinople. He was the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

French painter, Berthe Morisot, was born in Cher, France. She was one of the most influential impressionist painters of the 19th century.

The clarinet was invented in Nuremberg, Germany by Johann Christoph Denner.