Massive demonstrations taken place in Yerevan, Armenia s capitol. Azerbaijani mobs organize premeditated anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, an industrial city on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Hundreds are killed. Nearly all of the remaining Armenian inhabitants hastily flee. The number killed is unknown.
Azerbaijani police do little to stop the violence.
An Armenian child is killed when Azerbaijani gangs destroy an Armenian kindergarten in Stepanakert. The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR adopts the decision taken during the NKAO s February 20 session regarding reunification. The NKAO Regional Soviet once again decides, in accordance with the provisions of the USSR Constitution, to secede from Azerbaijan. The USSR Supreme Soviet rejects NKAO s call for reunification. One Armenian is killed and 70 others are wounded in disturbances in Khojalu, near Stepanakert.