1994
June 13: Nicole Brown Simpson murdered; O.J. Simpson goes on Highway chase on June 17 in his Ford Bronco with football buddy, Al Cowlings
January 6: Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee by rival Tonya Harding in Detroit and later fined and banned from the sport
Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway; Kerrigan wins silver medal, Harding finishes 8th; Edvard Munch’s painting, The Scream, stolen from Oslo museum on opening day ceremony
George Foreman becomes the oldest Heavyweight Boxing Champion in history at age 45 by knocking out Michael Moorer
Schindler’s List wins Best Picture at Academy Awards
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana commits suicide
Rwandan genocide kills hundreds of thousands
Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
May 6-Chunnel is completed after 7 years of work from France and England
Georgia’s Newt Gingrich leads the Republicans who gain control of both the House and Senate for first time in 40 years since 1954; George W. Bush is elected Governor of Texas
Russia orders troops to Chechnya
Netscape Navigator web browser released; first internet radio broadcast
Telly Savalas, Cesar Romero, Tip O’Neill, Dinah Shore, John Candy, Richard Nixon, Dack Rambo, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Burt Lancaster die