Rebel soldiers loyal to Marcos loyalists attempted a coup against Philippine President Corazon Aquino, seizing a television station before being crushed.

Massive pro-democracy demonstrations swept South Korean cities, intensifying pressure that would force direct presidential elections within weeks.

Apple released HyperCard, Bill Atkinson's hypermedia authoring tool that let ordinary users build interactive, linked digital "cards" years before the web.

President Ronald Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate and challenged Soviet leader Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall.'

Iraqi warplanes struck Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf as the Tanker War phase of the Iran-Iraq War intensified international naval involvement.

The world's population was estimated to reach five billion, a milestone the United Nations later commemorated by designating July 11 as World Population Day.

The Walt Disney Company signed the agreement with the French government to build Euro Disney Resort, later renamed Disneyland Paris, outside the capital.

Blaise Compaoré leads a coup against Burkina Faso's revolutionary president Thomas Sankara, who is executed the same day.

Global markets reeled the day after Wall Street's Black Monday crash, as the Dow's 22.6% single-day plunge rippled through exchanges in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

Soyuz TM-3 landed safely, returning cosmonauts including Muhammed Faris, the first Syrian and one of the earliest Arab citizens in space.

Kentucky Fried Chicken opened its first restaurant in mainland China on Beijing's Qianmen Street, marking a pivotal moment in the country's opening to Western consumer culture.