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January 6 - 13, 1994 - Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan attacked; three arrested in attack.
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March 4, 1994 - Four convicted in 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Militant Islamist Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman and 9 others were convicted of conspiracy charges
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April 29, 1994 - South Africa holds first interracial national election; Nelson Mandela elected President.
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May 6, 1994 - Clinton accused of sexual harassment by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones while Clinton was Governor of Arkansas.
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June 18, 1994 - O. J. Simpson arrested in killings of wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and friend, Ronald Goldman. Ninety-five million viewers watch on live TV O. J. Simpson and Al Cowlings drive along Los Angeles freeways in history's most exciting low-speed chase.
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April 19 - 22, 1995 - Scores killed as terrorist's car bomb blows up block-long Oklahoma City federal building; Timothy McVeigh, 27, arrested as suspect; authorities seek second suspect, link right-wing paramilitary groups to bombing.
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October 4 - 8, 1995 - Pope John Paul II visits the US on a whirlwind tour.
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Kurt Cobain kills himself in 1994. He was 27.
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Steven Spielberg wins his first directing Oscar for Schindler's List.
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Woodstock '94 commemorates the 25th anniversary of the original weekend-long concert. Green Day and Nine Inch Nails join Bob Dylan and the Allman Brothers.
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The Fall of 1994 TV line-up gives birth to a new Renaissance in the medium. ER and Friends debut on NBC, establishing NBC's dominance of the Thursday-night line-up.
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White House launches Web page. Initial commerce sites are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via email, introducing the term "spamming" to the Internet vocabulary.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland. Renowned architect I. M. Pei designed the ultra-modern, 150,000 square-foot building.
Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia dies.
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Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption and Schindler's List were the critically-acclaimed movies of 1994. In 1995, Braveheart, Babe, Dead Man Walking, and The Usual Suspects top the critics' lists.
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