Thailand launches “100% Condom Use Campaign”, Asia’s most extensive HIV prevention programme.
The South African Department of Health launches the 'AIDS, don't let it happen' campaign.
Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the rock band Queen, dies.
US basketball star Magic Johnson announces he is living with HIV.
Ryan White – the ‘child face of AIDS’ in the USA who provoked a worldwide movement of compassion for people living with HIV – dies aged 18.
“But if you think that I am defeated, know that I am still rolling the dice; Because time, time doesn’t stop.” - Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter
The first World AIDS Day is held.
The birth of AIDS Denialism
Princess Diana shakes hands with a person living with HIV.
The world’s first government-sponsored national AIDS awareness campaign – “AIDS: Don’t Die of Ignorance” – launches in the UK.
