At the age of 45

• 18-July-2000 : Alex Salmond resigns as the leader of the Scottish National Party.
• 26-January-1994 : A man fires 2 blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.
• 11-January-1994 : ''The Superhighway Summit'' is held at UCLA's Royce Hall. It is the first conference to discuss the growing information superhighway and is presided over by U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
• 29-March-1993 : The 65th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, with ''Unforgiven'' winning Best Picture.
• 24-February-1993 : Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney resigns amidst political and economic turmoil. Kim Campbell, his successor, becomes Canada's first female Prime Minister.
• 20-April-1992 : The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium, is televised live to over 1 billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research.
• 10-March-1992 : On 'Super Tuesday', U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton win most of the primaries held.
• 22-December-1991 : One month after Freddie Mercury's death, Queen's rererelease of Bohemian Rhapsody returns to the top of the British singles charts, 16 years after the original version.
• 02-October-1991 : Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton announces he will seek the 1992 Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
• 11-November-1975 : Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam and commissions Malcolm Fraser as Prime Minister.