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At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.

Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames, leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.

The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.

Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: Iraq invades Kuwait and temporarily establishes the Republic of Kuwait puppet state on the orders of Saddam Hussein, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.

A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.

Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.

The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public.

A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.

American actress (Loving; Alley Cat)

French soccer defender (FC Montceau Bourgogne) and sporting director (AS Saint-Étienne

comedian and actress (Casual Sex

Indian cricketer (Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's)

Taiwanese gay rights activist

German soccer defender (17 caps GDR; BFC Dynamo 172 games)

American politician (Senator-D-Nevada 2019-)

Italian-American physicist

Spanish copla and Canción melódica singer (Genio y Figura)

French architect (Lacaton & Vassal; Pritzker Prize

American novelist and military historian (The Angel of Darkness

American country singer (Pirates of Mississippi - "Feed Jake")

American actress (Civil Wars)

American actor (Captain Jonathan Power in "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future")

American citizen who murdered Barnett Slepian