In two concurring referendums: 74 % of the population of Latvia vote for independence from the the Soviet Union, in Estonia- 83 %.,
Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. It is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.,
