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Art Theft
The largest art theft in U.S. history occurs in Boston, Massachusetts, when two thieves posing as policemen abscomb twelve paintings worth an estimated $100-200 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. -
End of Gulf War
The Gulf War ends one day after Iraq withdraws its forces from Kuwait and sets the oil fields on fire. -
World Trade center bombing
The World Trade Center is bombed by Islamic terrorists when a van parked below the North Tower of the structure explodes -
Simpson Case
The bodies of Nicole Brown SImpson and Ronald Goldman are found outside her home in Los Angeles, California. Five days later, her husband, former football star O.J. Simpson is arrested for the crime, but is later acquitted on October 3, 1995. The Simpson case was one of the highest profile murder cases in the nation's history. -
Longest Cartoon series
The Simpsons, a ribald cartoon about a family of misfits, becomes the longest running cartoon television series in history, surpassing the Flintstones. -
Oldest Astronaut in Space
John Glenn, thirty-six years after becoming the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, becomes the oldest astronaut in space at seventy-seven years old. His role on the Space Shuttle Discovery flight tests the effect of space travel on aging.
