It was the year that Berlin Wall came down and thousands of people flocked to cinemas to see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
And lots was happening in Hull and the surrounding areas too, as this collection of nostalgic photos will attest.
It was the year that saw the last Hull KR at their old ground, a heatwave saw swimmers plunge into Hull Marina and exciting development work was taking place to change the shape of the city centre.
Take a trip to the past in this revealing set of photos from the Hull Daily Mail archive.