Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Barbra Streisand performed her first live public concert in 20 years.
Andrea Bocelli made his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia.
Philadelphia premiered in Century City, California. It was one of the first mainstream films about AIDS, directed by Jonathan Demme.
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot and killed in Medellín.
NASA's Endeavour Space Shuttle was launched through Mission STS-61.
Neil Simon's play 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor' opened at Richard Rodger's New York City theatre.
The musical comedy 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was first performed at the Minskoff Theatre, New York City, US.
The Dow Jones Industrial hit its third record high in one week.
The Maastricht Treaty came into effect, and with it, the European Union was formed.
Author Toni Morrison won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature for her work and essays about the Black American experience.
The 6.4 magnitude Latur earthquake in India killed nearly 10,000 people.
Production of the Pixar film Toy Story began.
The pilot episode of the science-fiction series 'The X-Files' aired on FOX in the US & Canada.
The second-largest mosque in Africa officially opened in Casablanca, Morocco.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris received its 150 millionth visitor.
NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
Mother Teresa contracted malaria and spent one week in hospital in New Delhi, India.
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed in South Korea.
Mexican grill chain Chipotle opened its first restaurant.
The musical 'Sunset Boulevard' by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened at the Adelphi Theater in London.
Björk released her very first album called 'Debut.'
President Bill Clinton ordered a US cruise missile strike on Iraq.
Canada swore in Kim Campbell as the nation’s first female Prime Minister.
Carlos Martinez famously hit a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run in major league baseball.
Star Trek episode 'Second Chances' aired, guest-starring Mae Jemison.
A Boeing 727 crashed into a mountain in Medellin, Colombia.
American country music artist Alan Jackson released his 'Chattahoochee' single.
NASA's Discovery space shuttle launched on mission STS-56.
Carolyn & Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet.
Janet Reno became the first female to be appointed US Attorney General by President Clinton.
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
