Generation Y Mid 90s

1994
• Nancy Kerrigan clubbed during the Olympics by Tanya Harding’s boyfriend
• White Water investigation starts
• Chunnel opens bridging England and France through underwater tunnel, took 15,000 workers and 7 years to build
• Ice storm ‘94, record lows, thousands lose power and schools close for 2 weeks
• Oldest human remains found (4.4 million years old)
• Woodstock ’94 (25th anniversary of Woodstock)
• Americans mourn the death of President Richard Nixon and Jackie Kennedy Onassis

1995
• Oklahoma City bombing killing 168 Americans in government building
• OJ Simpson found innocent of murder
• Ebola Virus kills 244 Africans in Kikwit, Zaire
• Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr., first African American to walk in space

1996
• Unabomber (Ted Kaczynski) arrested after resisting the search of his home in Lincoln, MA
• Flight 800 from NY crashes killing all passengers
• Ebonics recognized as a separate language by the Oakland California School Board
• Princess Diana and Charles officially divorced
• Olympic Park bombing killing 1 person, injuring nearly 100