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Mandela Freed From Prison
After spending 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was released after being sent to prison for opposing racial segregation in Southern Africa -
Jordan wins his first championship
Michael Jordan, the best basketball player of all time, won his first championship of six after beating the Lakers in game five -
The Internet went online
Although there wasn't much fanfare for the internet, it would later become an essential part of all of our lives and basically something we can't live without -
The cold war ended
After nearly fifty years of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Cold War was finally brought to an end -
Magic Johnson has HIV
NBA Finals champion and MVP announced that he had HIV during the height of the aids epidemic -
Rodney King Veridct
After video of a black man was released being beaten by cops, outrage ensued as the cops in the video that were seen beating Rodney King were almost all found not guilty. ? -
Wolfenstein was released
This game was the first first person shooter game to be released, which would later rule the industry -
Kurt Cobain commits suicide
The lead guitarist and singer for Nirvana, which brought grunge music into the public eye, shot himself in the head at only 27 years old -
Rwandan Genocide
800000 Tutsi Rwandans were murdered over an 100 day span, wiping out 70% of the Tutsi population and making it one of the worst genocides in human history -
Ebay Created
Ebay opened the door down the road for selling items on the internet -
OJ Simpson Trial
After a long trial that was very much in the public eye, OJ Simpson was found not guilty of the charge of killing his wife and one other woman -
Toy Story released
Toy Story was the first fully cgi movie ever released. This led to fully cgi movies to become the foundation of all animation -
Pokemon
The videogame Pokemon was released, a series that is still going in to this day and has had tv shows and a card game to go along with it -
The Unabomber
After 17 years of sending bombs through the mail and killing three people, the unabomber was finally found and identified as Theodore Kaczynski -
Tyson bites the ear
In their second fight against each other, Evander Holyfield was winning into the third round. Knowing that he was going to to lose, Tyson opted to bite Holyfield's ear instead of getting knocked out -
Princess Diana Dies
Princess Diana of Wales got in a car accident in Paris France, killing her. This accident was later said to be caused by the driver of the car, who was driving drunk -
Furby hit the market
This toy spread across the nation like wild fire. People were spending hundreds of dollars to get their kids furbies and they even fought each other for them -
Columbine High School Massacre
In Colorado, two student killed twelve students and one teacher before committing suicide -
Spongebob was released
Spongebob became one of the most known and successful cartoon characters of all tie and brought Nickelodeon to another level -
Harry Potter published
The first book in the renowned Harry Potter series was released. This book would have six sequels and eight movies.
