"Old times there are not forgotten"
The World Trade Organization was established. The 104th Congress (U.S.) convened, the first controlled by the Republican Party since 1953. Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov completed 366 days in space while aboard the Mir space station, an endurance record for the time. He would spend a total of 438 days on Mir before returning to Earth. The WB Television Network began operations. The prosecution delivered its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson murder case involving the deaths of Nichole Brown-Simpson and Ron Goldman. The trial would conclude with a not guilty jury verdict. The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. was dedicated. The San Francisco 49ers became the first NFL team to win five Super Bowls when they defeated the San Diego Chargers by a score of 49-26. The Dow-Jones Industrial Average of common stocks closed at $4,003.33 - first close above $4,000.00. Actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a horse during a riding competition. This ended his role as Superman. Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles professional baseball team set a new record for consecutive games as a starting player in the Major Leagues - 2,131 games. Microsoft released a new personal computer operating system - Windows 95. Yahoo was founded in Santa Clara, California. The Dow-Jones Industrial Average of common stocks closed at $5,023.55 - first close above $5,000.00 and the first time the Dow measurement broke two millennium marks in a single year. The 55 miles per hour speed limit on Interstate highways was terminated. The last new Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published.
New book titles: The Rain Maker, The Lost World, Five Days in Paris, The Christmas Box, Lightning, Rose Madder, Silent Night, Politically Correct Holiday Stories, The Horse Whisperer, My Journey and The Road Ahead.
At the movies: Toy Story, Batman Forever, Pocahontas, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Golden Eye, Jumanji, Casper, Se7en, Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Crimson Tide.
On stage: Love!Valour! Compassion!, Sunset Boulevard, The Heiress, Showboat and Hamlet.
Emmy Awards: Dennis Franz for NYPD Blue, Kathy Baker for Picket Fences, Ray Walston for Picket Fences, Tyne Daly for Christy and ER for best drama series.
January 2
West Virginia University lost to the University of South Carolina by the score of 24-21 in the Carquest Bowl, played in Orlando, Florida.
May 18
Classmate Loretta Eileen Bays died in a Beckley hospital at the age of 55 years. Loretta had survived Polio in 1953 when the Iron Lung machine was in use. Loretta went on to graduate from Marshall University and was employed as a social worker by the West Virginia Department of Vocational Rehabilitation until retiring in 1984.
May 3
Classmate Sharon Louise Coleman-Estrada received a Masters Degree in Divinity from Logos International Bible University in Jacksonville, Florida.
June 29
The space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian Mir space station for the first time.
September 26
Classmate John Lloyd Hickman, Jr. died in Chesterfield, Virginia. We are left without details of John's adult life or his death.
December
Marshall University lost to the University of Montana by the score of 22-20 in the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship football game, played in Huntington, West Virginia.