Collapse of Soviet anti-Gorbachev plot aided by global system called the Internet. Boris Yeltsin first popularly elected president in Russia. Soviet Union collapses. UN Conference on Environment and Development. End of apartheid.
War breaks out in Yugoslavia.
Israel and the PLO sign a peace agreement. Nelson Mandela is elected president of South Africa. Sony demonstrates flat TV set. Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty renewed. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.