Last night, my nephew graduated from high school. Other than the fact that I felt old, it was a time for celebration for a great achievement. I won’t go on and on about his honors and accolades, but I felt the need to celebrate this in the blog world. With that in mind, I decided to find out what was happening in the world during the year he was born – 1994.
In the world of sports:
– the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII.
– no one won the World Series because a strike cancelled the season.
– George Foreman became boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion.
– Miguel Indurain won one of my favorite events, the Tour de France.
– Dale Earnhardt won the Winston Cup Championship.
On television:
– NBC debuted a couple of new shows called ER and Friends.
– The Game Show Network made its debut.
– O.J. Simpson got in a white Bronco and led police on a slow-speed chase.
– Star Trek: The Next Generation ended its successful run.
At the movies:
– The Lion King defeated Forrest Gump as the highest grossing film.
– Forrest Gump got revenge by running away with the Academy Award for Best Film.
– Telly “Who loves ya, baby?” Savalas passed away.
– Cameron Diaz made her first film appearance in The Mask.
The literary world saw:
– Stephen King publish Insomnia.
– Kenzaburo Oe won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Musically:
– Bruce Springsteen had a hit with Streets of Philadelphia.
– Justin Bieber was born.
– Kurt Cobain died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
– Cream, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Etta James, the Doors and others were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
On a more serious note:
– Hurricane Gordon killed over 1,000 people.
– USAir Flight 427 crashed into a hillside in Pennsylvania, leading to the longest accident investigation in aviation history.
– Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa.
– Saddam Hussein was president of Iraq.
– Yasser Arafat became president of the Palestinian Authority.
And, that’s the way it was. Congratulations to Weston on his graduation!
