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Bill Clinton is reelected as president of the United States.
TWA flight 800 explodes killing all 230 people.
The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski is arrested.
The Olympics held in Atlanta were marred by a bombing in Centennial Olympic Park, 1 person died.
Astronaut Shannon Lucid ends the longest stay in space by an American at 188 days.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana are divorced.
The New York Yankees come from 2 games down and defeat the Atlanta Braves in the World Series.
The Colorado Avalanche swept the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup.
The Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle Supersonics in the NBA championship, capping a recored breaking season.
The Dallas Cowboys won their 5th Super Bowl by defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XXX.
The Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, Ga.
The Rosie O' Donnel show debutes.
Braveheart won Oscars for best director and picture.
Independence Day brings in $112 million dollars in its first week.
Hootie and the Blowfish win 2 Grammys, and by mid-year their album Cracked Rear View sold more then 14 million copies making it the 2nd highest debut album of all time.
Hillary Clinton testifies before a grand jury that was investigating the Whitewater affair.
The Blizzard of 96 was one of the nations harshest winters ever.
The federal government shut down for 21 days.
Commerce Secretary Ron Brown died in a plane crash.
Matthews Murkland Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC is set fire. There was an upsurge of arson fires at Southern black churches.
The Unabomber is arrested.
ValuJet plane crashes in Florida Everglades killing all 110 people.
TWA Flight 800 exploded in air enroute to Paris, killing all 230 people.
June 16, Mel Allen dies, he was the voice of the New York Yankees.
April 3, Ronald Brown dies in a plane crash near Croatia.
March 9, George Burns dies at the age of 100.
November 20, Sergei Grinkov died.
September 13, Tupac Shakur is shot and killed in Las Vegas.