"Old times there are not forgotten"
The Census Bureau set the population of the United States at 248,718,301. President Bill Clinton signed the Family Medical Leave Act into law. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents attempted to raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas resulting in the deaths of four agents and five Davidians then attacked a second time killing 76 people including cult leader David Koresh. The World Trade Center in New York City was damaged when an explosive laden truck parked under the North Tower was detonated, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000. A bug written into a computer program sent an article to 200 newsgroups simultaneously resulting in the term "spam". A factory fire in Thialand resulted in 118 fatalities, mostly young women. Kim Campbell became the first female Prime Minister of Canada. President Bill Clinton ordered a cruise missile attack on Iraqi Intelligence Headquarters in Bagdad. The Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy regarding gays in the United States military was announced. NASA lost radio contact with with the Mars Observer orbiter three days before the unmanned spacecraft was scheduled to enter orbit around Mars. Windows NT3.1, first version of the Microsoft Windows NT operating systems for personal computers was released for distribution. An earthquake centered in India resulted in an estimated 10,000 fatalities. The Toranto Blue Jays defeated the Philadelphia Phillies four games to two, becoming the first team from outside the United States to win Major League Baseball's annual World Series. Israel and the Vatican established diplomatic relations. NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair an optical flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.
New book titles: The Bridges of Madison County, The Client, Slow Waltz at Cedar Bend, Without Remorse, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Vanished, Lasher, Pleading Guilty, Like Water for Chocolate, The Scorpio Illusion and Ageless Body, Timeless Mind.
At the movies: Jurassic Park, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Fugitive, The Firm, Sleepless in Seattle, Indecent Proposal, In The Line of Fire, The Pelican Brief, Schindler's List and Cliffhanger.
On stage: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Anna Christie, The Sisters Rosenweig, My Favorite Year, and The Who's Tommy.
Emmy Awards: Dennis Franz for NYPD Blue, Sela Ward for Sisters, Fyvush Finkel for Picket Fences, Leigh Taylor-Young for I'll Fly Away and Picket Fences for best drama series.
March 12
Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female Attorney General of the United States.
March 20
Woodrow Wilson High School won the Class AAA state basketball championship by defeating George Washington High School by the score of 60-49 in Charleston. It was the 12th state basketball championship for Woodrow Wilson.
April 30
The World Wide Web began operations at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) located on the Swiss-French border.
August 7
Members of the Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1958 gathered in Beckley to celebrate our 35th Class Reunion.
December
Marshall University lost to Youngstown State by the score of 17-5 in the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship football game, played in Huntington, West Virginia.