"Old times there are not forgotten"
Dan Wright, a native of Parkersburg, West Virginia became the editor of The Register-Herald newspaper in Beckley, West Virginia. Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev of Russia completed a ten-month stay aboard the MIR space station. The Maastricht Treaty was signed creating the European Union. The Conservative Party led by John Major won unexpected re-election in the United Kingdom. The National Assembly of Vietnam approved the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Rioting erupted in Los Angles, California and other places when the four police officers who beat motorist Rodney King on television were found not guilty of all charges resulting from the incident. Punch a British weekly magazine of humor and satire began in 1841 published its final issue. Betty Boothroyd was elected the first female Speaker of the British House of Commons. Serbia and Montenegro formed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Jay Leno replaced Johnny Carson as host of NBC's Tonight Show. Russia and the United States announced an agreement of joint understanding that led to the START II Treaty. Mafia boss John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison on murder and racketeering charges. U.S. Marshals assaulted the Ruby Ridge, Idaho compound of white separatist Randy Weaver resulting in the deaths of one U.S. Marshall and the killing of Weaver's wife and son. The Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series in six games to become the first team from outside the United States to win Major League Baseball's annual championship. Governor William Jefferson Clinton of Arkansas was elected to become the 42nd President of the United States. The Church of England approved priesthood for women. United States armed forces landed in Somalia under the auspices of the United Nations.
New book titles: Dolores Claiborne, The Pelican Brief, Gerald's Game, Mixed Blessings, Jewels, The Stars Shine Down, The Tale of a Body Thief, Mexico, Waiting to Exhale, All Around town, Every Living Thing, Truman and Silent Passage.
At the movies: Aladdin, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Batman Returns, Lethal Weapon 3, A Few Good Men, Sister Act, The Body Guard, Wayne's World, Basic Instinct and A League of Their Own.
On stage: Dancing at Lughnasa, Crazy for You, Guys and Dolls, Conversations With My Father, Death and the Maiden, Two Trains Running, Jelly's Last Jam and The Most Happy Fella.
Emmy Awards: Tom Skerritt for Picket Fences, Kathy Baker for Picket Fences, Chad Lowe for Life Goes On, Mary Alice for I'll Fly Away and Picket Fences for best drama series.
January 1
Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt was installed as the 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations.
March 21
Woodrow Wilson High School won the Class AAA state basketball championship by defeating Fairmont High School by the score of 79-59 in Charleston. It was the 11th state basketball championship for Woodrow Wilson.
May 5
Alabama ratified a 202-year-old proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States into law prohibiting the Congress of the United States from giving itself a midterm or retroactive pay raise.
June 9
Classmate Wanda Marie Lyons-Gutierrez died at her home in Woodbridge, Virginia. Wanda who had lived in Woodbridge since 1968 as was employed at Quantico Marine Corps Base for 18 years was survived by her husband and two sons.
December
Marshall University defeated Youngstown State by the score of 31-28 in the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship football game, played in Huntington, West Virginia.