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Historic Event
Jan 1 Last "The Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)
- Jan 1 Raman Lamba (312) & Ravi Sehgal (216) put on an Indian 1st-class record opening partnership 464 in Delhi's innings & 310 run win over Himachal Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy cricket match in Delhi
- Jan 1 "A Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 20 performances
- Jan 1 The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.
- Jan 1 61st Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #3 Miami (FL), 24-17
- Jan 2 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed
- Jan 2 Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
- Jan 2 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
- Jan 2 81st Rose Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #12 Oregon, 38-20
- Jan 2 61st Sugar Bowl: #7 Florida State beats #5 Florida, 23-17
- Jan 2 24th Fiesta Bowl: #4 Colorado beats Notre Dame, 41-24
Historic Event
Jan 4 Newt Gingrich (R) becomes speaker of the US House of Representatives
Sports History
Jan 6 Atlanta Hawks' coach Lenny Wilkens passes the legendary Red Auerbach to become the NBA's all-time winningest coach, with 939 career victories; Hawks beat Washington, 112-90 at the Omni
- Jan 6 A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
Theatrical Finale
Jan 7 Limited run of Patrick Stewart's one-man show "A Christmas Carol", based on Charles Dickens' novel, closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 18 performances
- Jan 7 "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 280 performances
Hopman Cup
Jan 7 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Boris Becker beats Andrei Medvedev of the Ukraine 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 for a 2-0 win, and Germany's second title
- Jan 7 Larry Brown posts his 500th career NBA coaching victory, following the Indiana Pacers' 88-83 road win at the Houston Rockets
- Jan 8 Revival of Frank Loesser's musical "Guys & Dolls", starring Nathan Lane, closes at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 1143 performances, winning 4 Tony and 7 Drama Desk Awards
- Jan 8 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000
Hall of Fame
Jan 8 Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star third baseman Mike Schmidt is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Jan 9 Ecuador & Peru involved in boundary fight
- Jan 9 Worker accidentally cuts electrical wires at Newark Airport
- Jan 10 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM; program airs until 1999
- Jan 11 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in NYC)
- Jan 11 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) granted CFL franchise, experiment only lasts one season
- Jan 11 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
- Jan 11 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
- Jan 12 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
Murder of Interest
Jan 12 Murder trial against O.J. Simpson, begins in LA
Papal Visit
Jan 12 Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia
Hall of Fame
Jan 12 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Allman Brothers Band; Al Green; Janis Joplin; Led Zeppelin; Martha and the Vandellas; Neil Young; Frank Zappa; The Orioles; Paul Ackerman
- Jan 13 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
- Jan 13 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
- Jan 14 10,000 South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo
- Jan 14 16th ACE Cable Awards: John Malone wins the Golden CableACE for outstanding achievements in advancing the development of cable programming
Historic Event
Jan 14 Mexico pledges profits from state-owned Pemex's $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico
Sports History
Jan 14 Vinny Pazienza beats Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán in a 12-round unanimous decision in a super middleweight bout in Atlantic City; 2nd time in 6 months Pazienza wears down 43-year-old Duran in a high profile pay-pay-view bout
- Jan 15 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334
- Jan 15 Western Washington begins using new area code 360
- Jan 15 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 17-13
- Jan 15 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys, 38-28
- Jan 16 UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in NYC)
- Jan 17 "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 322 performances
- Jan 17 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe, Japan and kills 5,372
- Jan 17 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
- Jan 17 LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
- Jan 18 Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka v Kerala
- Jan 18 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia
- Jan 19 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg
- Jan 20 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr, NYC; runs for 276 performances
- Jan 20 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
- Jan 20 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)
Golden Globes
Jan 21 52nd Golden Globes: "Forrest Gump", Tom Hanks, & Jessica Lange win
- Jan 22 Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed
- Jan 25 Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee
- Jan 25 Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers, 5-1 in the first NHL game in their new home, the United Center; defenseman Chris Chelios leads scoring with a goal and 2 assists
Historic Event
Jan 26 NJ Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
- Jan 26 With a record 6,254,427 ballots cast by fans in NBA All-Star Voting, Detroit's Grant Hill becomes the first rookie to lead all NBA players in All-Star votes received, earning #1 on 1,289,585 ballots
- Jan 27 Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan
- Jan 28 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise
Australian Open Women's Tennis
Jan 28 Australian Open Women's tennis: Mary Pierce of France beats Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3, 6-2 for her 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Australian singles title
- Jan 29 Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide
- Jan 29 Super Bowl XXIX, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL: San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26; MVP: Steve Young, SF, QB
Australian Men's Tennis Open
Jan 29 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi wins his 1st of 4 Australian titles; beats fellow American Pete Sampras 4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
- Jan 29 11th Sundance Film Festival: "The Brothers McMullen" and "The Young Poisoner's Handbook" (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
- Jan 30 22nd American Music Awards: Boyz II Men & Ace of Base win
- Jan 30 Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air
- Jan 30 Car bomb explodes in Algiers, killing 42 and wounding 296
- Jan 30 Jazz guitarist Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "The Tonight Show"
- Jan 30 Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
- Jan 30 Norway's Statoil announces a newly formed consortium that will supply Norwegian natural gas to the European continent
- Jan 31 President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
- Feb 1 Amtrak NY-Tampa run ends
- Feb 1 Zimbabwe batsmen Andy (156) & Grant Flower (201) set world record brotherly stand of 269 to propel Zimbabwe to first ever victory in Test cricket in 1st Test against Pakistan in Harare
- Feb 1 Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air
Sports History
Feb 1 Utah Jazz guard John Stockton passes Magic Johnson's all-time NBA assists mark of 9,221, in a 129-98 win over the Denver Nuggets at the Delta Centre in Salt Lake City
- Feb 2 "Molière Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances
- Feb 2 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
- Feb 2 US space shuttle Discovery launched
- Feb 3 STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit
- Feb 4 Australian cricketer Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia
- Feb 4 Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77)
- Feb 4 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
- Feb 5 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 41-13; MVP: Marshall Faulk, Indianapolis Colts, RB, HI
- Feb 5 Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections
Sports History
Feb 6 MLB outfielder Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days for positive cocaine test
- Feb 6 Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
Sports History
Feb 7 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting
Album Release
Feb 7 Bluegrass and country musician Alison Krauss releases her compilation album "Now that I've Found You"
Album Release
Feb 7 "The Woman in Me" second studio album by Shania Twain is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1996)
- Feb 8 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)
- Feb 9 Augustus and Ruth Goetz' stage drama "The Heiress" opens at Cort Theater, NYC; runs for 340 performances
- Feb 9 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
- Feb 9 STS-63 - 2nd mission of US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program goes into space
- Feb 9 45th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Bait" wins the Golden Bear
Music History
Feb 9 Irish music and dance show "Riverdance" first opens in Dublin, Ireland with lead dancer Michael Flatley
- Feb 10 Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA
- Feb 10 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
- Feb 10 US female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek
- Feb 11 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
- Feb 11 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec)
- Feb 11 Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec)
- Feb 11 Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands
- Feb 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
- Feb 11 West Indies score 5-660 against NZ
- Feb 12 45th NBA All-Star Game, America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ: West beats East, 139-112; MVP: Mitch Richmond, Sacramento Kings, SG
- Feb 12 Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly
World Record
Feb 12 Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec)
- Feb 12 Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51)
- Feb 12 Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec)
- Feb 12 PRI loses and PAN wins Mexican regional elections
- Feb 12 Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m)
- Feb 12 Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec)
- Feb 13 Howard Stern radio show premieres in San Diego CA on XTRA-FM
- Feb 13 West Indies beat NZ by innings & 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55
- Feb 13 3rd ESPY Awards: Steve Young, Bonnie Blair win
- Feb 14 Wellington 2-498d & 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 & 2-476d
NBA Finals
Feb 14 The Portland Trail Blazers trade Clyde Drexler to the Houston Rockets, who end up winning the 1995 NBA Championship
- Feb 15 Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko resigns
- Feb 15 Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17
- Feb 15 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
- Feb 17 11th US Soap Opera Digest Awards - "Days of Our Lives" wins
- Feb 17 Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the Long Island Rail Road in NY
Sports History
Feb 17 Tiger Manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike
- Feb 17 Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive & manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked
- Feb 19 1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV
- Feb 19 Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec)
- Feb 19 Kenneth Koch wins Bollingen Prize
- Feb 19 Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec) and European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec)
- Feb 19 Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres
- Feb 19 37th Daytona 500: Sterling Marlin wins for 2nd straight year; 3rd driver to achieve back-to-back titles (Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough)
- Feb 21 CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans
- Feb 21 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado
- Feb 22 Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters
- Feb 22 Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km)
- Feb 23 "Uncle Vanya" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances
- Feb 23 Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi
- Feb 23 Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33)
- Feb 24 The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
- Feb 25 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)
- Feb 25 British super middleweight Nigel Benn puts opponent Gerard McClellan in hospital
- Feb 25 Muslim fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead
- Feb 25 PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander
- Feb 26 London finance house Barings collapses after huge losses in Singapore by rogue trader Nick Leeson
- Feb 27 Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
- Feb 28 Denver International Airport opens
- Feb 28 The US Pentagon announces that it monitored Iranian installation of surface-to-air Hawk missiles in the Strait of Hormuz
Grammy Awards
Mar 1 37th Grammy Awards: "All I Want to Do" by Sheryl Crow; "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen win
- Mar 1 Belgium ends military conscription
- Mar 1 Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland
- Mar 1 Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay
- Mar 1 Part of Houston begins using new area code 281
- Mar 1 Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol resigns
- Mar 2 "Smokey Joe's Cafe" opens at Virginia Theater NYC
- Mar 2 British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC
- Mar 2 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed
- Mar 2 Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches
- Mar 2 Joe Mullen becomes 2nd NHL player to appear in 300 NHL games with 3 different teams when he plays for the Penguins in a 6-3 loss in Buffalo; Pittsburgh 379, St. Louis 301, Calgary 345
- Mar 4 1st NYC Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years
- Mar 4 Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital
Boxing Title Fight
Mar 4 George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker
Film and TV Awards
Mar 5 21st People's Choice Awards: Tom Hanks & Jodie Foster win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Roseanne Barr win (TV)
- Mar 5 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election
Historic Event
Mar 5 Graves of Tsar Nicholas II and family found in St Petersburg
- Mar 5 Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26)
Film & TV History
Mar 6 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield
- Mar 6 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets
- Mar 6 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix AZ on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM
- Mar 7 US dollar worth record 1.5330 Dutch guilders
- Mar 7 NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty
- Mar 8 -26°F (-32.2°C) in Bismarck, North Dakota
- Mar 8 -44°F (-42.2°C) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67°N
- Mar 8 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections
- Mar 9 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Mar 9 Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record)
- Mar 9 President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns
- Mar 10 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shiite mosque, 17+ killed
- Mar 10 Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues" premieres in Arnhem
- Mar 11 -36.8°F (-38.2°C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67°N
- Mar 11 President Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament
- Mar 11 Sinn Féin party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US
- Mar 11 Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m
- Mar 12 Congress party loses India national election
- Mar 12 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
- Mar 12 Ice Pairs Championship at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny
- Mar 12 Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain
- Mar 12 Letitia Vriesde runs South American indoor record 800m (2:00.35)
- Mar 12 World Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko of Canada
- Mar 12 World Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (China)