Commodore unveiled the Amiga 1000 at a lavish Lincoln Center event, showcasing graphics and sound years ahead of rival personal computers.

Rescue crews in Mexico City continue frantic efforts to free survivors trapped under collapsed buildings after the catastrophic magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the previous morning.

Steve Jobs, forced out of Apple months earlier, founded NeXT Inc. to build advanced computers for higher education and business markets.

Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0, its first graphical operating environment for IBM-compatible PCs, launching a franchise that would dominate personal computing.

India's Congress party, led by Rajiv Gandhi, won a landslide general election, securing the largest parliamentary majority in the country's history.