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Nelson Mandela is freed after spending 27 years as a political prisoner.
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Sadly the 1990's brought tragedy to Eric Clapton's life again when fellow guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was touring with Clapton, and two members of their road crew were killed in a helicopter crash between concerts
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This was the first rap record to go all the way to #1. Vanilla Ice cooled off after this single, not having another hit on the billboard charts in the 1990's
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Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame
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The largest shopping mall in the US, Minnesota's Mall of America is constructed spanning 78 acres
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After seven years together, New Kids On The Block go their separate ways, proving that perhaps they did not have The Right Stuff after all
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Michael Jordan retires from the NBA to play minor league baseball. He returns to the NBA 17 months later
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American figure skater, Nancy Kerrigan, is clubbed in the knee one month before the Winter Olympics. It was later discovered that the attack was organized by associates of rival skater, Tonya Harding. Despite her injury, Kerrigan still went on to win the silver metal at the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
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The trail of former NFL star OJ Simpson begins. He is accused of murdering his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman. OJ is later found not guilty.
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The US, "The Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested. Kaczynski killed three people and injured many more with mail bombs
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Dolly the cloned sheep is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. She is the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
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The movie Titanic, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, is released. It goes on to become the highest grossing movie of all time.
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Geri Halliwell (AKA Ginger Spice) leaves the Spice Girls to become Solo Spice
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Two students go on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Colorado. They kill 13 people and then themselves.
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While the world parties like it's 1999 (if you read that and thought, "Huh?" ask your 'rents about a dude named Prince), computer geeks freak out about the "Y2K Bug." It turns out that the world didn't end. Go figure.
