What happened in

[Plas]

From the month, taken from wiki.

- The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two human diseases that have been driven to extinction.

- The Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin, which begins the war.

- The world premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is held at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

- Eleven fans are killed during a crowd crush for unreserved seats before The Who rock concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.

[Will T.]

June 1991:

- Yugoslavia collapsed
- A spectator at the US Open was killed by a lightning strike
- The last pieces of Apartheid were repealed in South Africa
- The first Sonic the Hedgehog game was released on the exact date I was born. (I didn't play it until over 20 years later. )

[Stevo]

– The Morris worm, the first computer worm distributed via the Internet, is launched.
– George H. W. Bush is elected, becoming the first sitting Vice President of the United States in 152 years to be elected as President of the United States.
– The United States Air Force acknowledges the existence of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk.
– U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill providing the death penalty for murderous drug traffickers.
– In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
– The popular American cult television comedy Mystery Science Theater 3000 makes its debut on KTMA.

[The Spanish Inquisition]

Pioneer 7 launched

I'm a Pioneer 8 launched. You're a whole space exploration vehicle older than me.

[ADevilishPotato]

I did not realize this, both the start of the Ugandan civil war and the first Walmart opening occurred on the same day; the day of my birth

-Germany reunifies
-Tim Berners-Lee starts work on developing the World Wide Web
-South Africa ends segregation of libraries, trains, buses, toilets, swimming pools, and other public facilities
-Leonard Bernstein dies

[F13ND]

Wikipedia says

• Lorde and I share a birthday
  NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor on my birthday
  Later in November World-renowned bird expert Tony Silva was sentenced to 7 years in prison without parole, for leading an illegal parrot smuggling ring.

Guys, I think I might be Lorde

[Bronze Fox]

Uh... a whole bunch of people died... should I be concerned?

– An explosion in Gaza kills 8, including a Hamas leader.
– The U.S. House of Representatives votes 246–188 to cut taxes for individuals and corporations.
– House Republicans celebrate passage of most of the Contract with America.
– Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Timothy McVeigh and one of his accomplices, Terry Nichols, set off the bomb.
– A Unabomber bomb kills lobbyist Gilbert Murray in Sacramento, California.
– In Daegu, South Korea, a gas explosion at a subway construction site kills 101 people, mostly teenage schoolboys.
– The United States government stops funding the NSFNET, making the Internet a wholly privatised system.

[Deslock]

Pioneer 7 launched

I'm a Pioneer 8 launched. You're a whole space exploration vehicle older than me.

kkpyro has us both beat.