"Old times there are not forgotten"
The United Nations Security condemned Israel's treatment of Palestinians. The United States began air attacks against Iraq, in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Eastern Airlines and Pan American World Airways ceased operations. Four Los Angeles police officers were indicted for the beating of motorist Rodney King during an arrest. The Republic of Georgia declared independence. Boris Yeltsin was elected president of Russia, largest of the 15 Soviet Republics. Thieves in the Netherlands stole 20 paintings worth $500 million from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam but abandoned them within an hour. A tropical cyclone took an estimated 138,000 lives in Bangladesh. U.S. President Zachary Taylor's body was exhumed to discover whether or not his death resulted from arsenic poisoning? No trace was found. Croatia and Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia. The Warsaw Pact officially dissolved. Serial killer Jeffery Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin when the remains of 11 men and boys were found in his apartment. The United States recognized the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The name of St. Petersburg was restored to Russia's second largest city, renamed Leningrad in 1924. Judge Clarence Thomas was narrowly confirmed an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States. Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon released Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland. American journalist Terry Anderson was released after seven years captivity in Beirut, Lebanon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 3,004.46 points, first time over 3,000.
New book titles: Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The Wind", The Sum of All Fears, Needful Things, No Greater Love, Heartbeat, The Doomsday Conspiracy, The Firm, Night Over Water, Remember, Me: Stories of My Life and Den of Thieves.
At the movies: Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Silence of the Lambs, City Slickers, Hook, The Addams Family, Sleeping with the Enemy and Father of the Bride.
On stage: Lost in Yonkers, Miss Saigon, The Secret Garden, Six Degrees of Separation and The Will Rogers Follies.
Emmy Awards: James Earl Jones for Gabriel's Fire, Patricia Wettig for thirtysomething, Tony Bushfield for thirtysomething, Madge Sinclair for Gabriel's Fire and L.A. Law for best drama series.
February 23
American ground troops crossed from Saudi Arabia into Kuwait to begin the liberation of that country.
March 15
France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union relinquished all remaining rights in Germany.
July 10
Classmate Charles (Buddy) Bales married Betty Gonzales in Miami, Florida. Buddy was an educator there and Betty is a native of Havana, Cuba.
December
Marshall University lost to Youngstown State by the score of 25-17 in the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship football game, played in Statesville, Georgia.
December 31
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics officially ceased to exist.