- Taliban seize Kabul after Soviet withdrawal
- Manchester terrorist bomb destroys part of city centre
- Prince Charles divorces Princess Diana
- Online auction eBay is commercially launched
- The Photographers’ Gallery launch first Photography Prize In London
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- Opening of GoMA (Gallery of Modern Art) in Glasgow
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