"Old times there are not forgotten"
The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect. The first conference to discuss the growing information superhighway was conducted at UCLA's Royce Hall. This was followed later in the year by another conference, also held in San Francisco to discuss the commercial potential of the World Wide Web. The Buffalo Bills lost their fourth consecutive Super Bowl when the Dallas Cowboys defeated them by the score of 30-13 in Super Bowl XXVII. Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations. The German luxury automobile manufacturer BMW purchased the Rover from British Aerospace. Four terrorists were convicted for their roles in the World Trade center bombing. U.S. troops were withdrawn from Somalia. The Channel Tunnel between England and France opened to traffic. Nelson Mandela was inaugurated South Africa's first black president. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was executed in Illinois. Nichole Brown-Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered outside Ms. Simpson's home in Los Angeles, California. The Provisional Irish Republican Army declared termination of all military operations. American troops invaded Haiti to restore the elected government there. Friends premiered on NBC television. The Republican Party took control of both houses of the Congress of the United States for the first time in 40 years. George Foreman regained the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship 20 years after he lost it to Muhammad Ali. A Federal Judge restrained the State of California from implementing Proposition 187 that would have denied most public services to illegal aliens.
New book titles: The Chamber, Debt of Honor, The Celestine Prophecy, The Gift, Insomnia, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, Wings, Accident, The Bridges of Madison County, Disclosure and Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.
At the movies: Forrest Gump, True Lies, The Lion King, The Santa Clause, The Flintstones, Dumb & Dumber, Clear and Present Danger, Speed, The Mask and Pulp Fiction.
On stage: Angels in America: Perestroika, Passion, An Inspector Calls, Medea, She Loves Me, Damn Yankees, Carousel and Beauty and the Beast.
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.
January 1
West Virginia University lost to the University of Florida by the score of 41-7 in the Sugar Bowl, played in New Orleans, Louisiana
February 27
Classmate Jacqueline Hollandsworth-Kingery died in the Miami, Florida area. We are left without details of Jackie's adult life or her death.
March 12
The Church of England ordained its first female priests.
May 22
Classmate Michael Grover Trent died in Eugene, Oregon where he was a resident following a long cancer illness. Grover who grew up in Crab Orchard spent his school years with the Class of 1957, leaving before graduation to join the United States Air Force. Completing his high school education in the Air Force, his graduation as a member of the Class of 1958 was approved by Mr. C.G. Peregory. Grover was survived by his wife, one son and one daughter.
July 25
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty formally ending a state of war in existence between the two nations since 1948.
October 24
Classmate Connie Kish-Arnold died at her residence in Huntington, West Virginia. Connie, a registered nurse married classmate George Arnold in 1972.