1994 in Review

As Annette and I approach our 15th wedding anniversary on June 4, it prompts us to reflect back on the changes in our lives since that time and to think about what the world was like back in 1994. Here is a glimpse of what was happening in the year we were married:

Major League baseball players strike and the World Series was cancelled as a result

NHL locked out players in a dispute over salaries

Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the back of the knee in January by Tonya Harding’s boyfriend.

Whitewater scandal begins to be investigated

On June 13, 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered outside Nicole's house in Brentwood, CA. On June 17th, OJ and his friend Al Cowlings took flight from the police in his white Ford Bronco, in a low speed chase which ended up at his mansion where he surrendered.

Republican majority in both houses of Congress is won in the fall elections of 1994

Susan Smith drowned her two sons in South Carolina, and then lied on national television claiming someone kidnapped them.

President Richard Nixon died of a stroke on April 22. He was 81.

Michael Jackson marries Elvis' daughter, Lisa Marie

Hit TV Show Friends Was Released

In 1994 the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by Mexico, America, and Canada. (Note: NAFTA was signed in 1992. It came into effect Jan 1, 1994)