The US won gold in the first-ever women's soccer at the Olympics.
George R. R. Martin published his novel, 'Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire.'
Basketball player Michael Jordan was offered the richest NBA one-year contract of $30 million from the Chicago Bulls.
The Nutty Professor with Eddie Murphy premiered in the US.
ValuJet flight 592 crashes into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff.
The disaster movie 'Twister' by Michael Crichton premiered.
The TV Land Network made its debut.
Ted Kaczynski, The Unabomber, was caught and arrested.
A Boeing 737 crashes in the Andes, killing all 123 on board.
Alanis Morissette claimed four Grammy's, including Album of the Year with "Jagged Little Pill."
Pokémon was released on the Game Boy for the first time, in the video games Pocket Monsters Red & Green.
The movie 'Trainspotting' arrived in UK cinemas.
The world-famous British boy band, Take That, announced their breakup.
A computer defeated world champion chess player Gary Kasparov for the first time.
The crash of a Boeing 757 aircraft leaves no survivors.
The programming language 'Java' was released.
NASA mission STS-72 landed at the Kennedy Space Center after eight days in space.
The first of Disney's 'Toy Story' movies were released to theaters in the United States.
O.J. Simpson acquitted in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman.
British rock band Oasis released their second album, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'
The psychological crime thriller movie 'Se7en,' starring Morgan Freeman, premiered in New York.
The fantasy TV series 'Xena: Warrior Princess' premiered on NBC in the US.
The online auction website eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar.
Microsoft released its operating system, Windows 95, to the public.
Coolio's hit single 'Gangsta's Paradise' was released.
Bill Gates became the richest man in the world with a net worth of $12.9 billion.
Jamaican-American singer Shaggy released his third album, 'Boombastic.'
The Sega Saturn console was released in Europe following its massive success in Japan & North America.
Following the Sega Saturn's success in Japan, the console was released in North America on this day.
WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, is launched.
Japanese terrorists release poisonous gas in the Tokyo subway.
Internet giant Yahoo! is incorporated.
Irina Privalova ran the world record female indoor 50-meter run in just 5.96 seconds.
Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, was arrested for making arrangements to kill Louis Farrakhan, who she believed killed her father in 1965.
Whitey Bulger, an organized crime boss, fled Boston after fearing arrest from the FBI.
The Sega Saturn was released in Japan.
Cobb, a film about the baseball player Ty Cobb and starring Tommy Lee Jones premiered.
Susan Smith murdered her two children and tried to pin on a made-up Black man.
Passenger ferry Estonia sinks, killing 852.
The American Drama movie 'The Shawshank Redemption' by Frank Darabont was released in the US.
'Friends' debuted on NBC and continued for ten seasons.
Seal released their hit single 'Kiss from a Rose.'
The Forrest Gump movie was released in the US.
Amazon was incorporated.
Aerosmith became the first major-label band to allow fans to freely download their new single 'Head First' online.
The Lion King premiered, making a staggering $968.5 million at the Box Office!
The world's largest twinjet (Boeing 777) takes off on its maiden flight.
Lisa Marie, Elvis Presley's daughter, married Michael Jackson. However, they divorced after four years.
The 'Grease' musical production opened at the Eugene O' Neill Theater in New York City, running for 1,503 performances.
Jeffrey Dahmer got baptized while in prison at Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.
