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In 1993, A Postage Stamp Cost 29 Cents
Bill Clinton becomes president of the US

A powerful bomb explodes in an underground parking garage beneath the World Trade Center, killing six

Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the second woman on the Supreme Court

Congress passes the Family and Medical Leave Act

The North American Free Trade Agreement is ratified

Yasir Arafat and Yitzchak Rabin sign a peace accord on the White House lawn

Bill Clinton signs the Brady Bill into law

Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series

Dallas Cowboys win Superbowl XXVII

Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

Jurassic Park is the top grossing film

Sinead O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live

"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Cheers ends its 11-year run

Beavis and Butthead, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Frasier premiere
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27-5 said:
In 1992, A Loaf of Bread Cost 71 Cents
George H.W. Bush is president of the US

Hurricane "Andrew" becomes the most costly in US history with $20 billion worth of damage

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States

Riots break out in Los Angeles after police are acquitted in the Rodney King case

An "Earth Summit" is held in Brazil to address global environmental problems

Jay Leno replaces Johnny Carson as host of the Tonight Show on NBC

George H. W. Bush becomes ill on a visit in Japan and vomits on the Japanese Prime Minister

Mike Tyson goes on trial charged with raping a 1991 Miss Black America Contest contestant

Amy Fisher, the "Long Island Lolita," is arrested for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco on the front porch of her home

Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series

Washington Redskins win Superbowl XXVI

Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup

Aladdin is the top grossing film

"End of the Road" by Boyz II Men spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Mad About You and The Real World premiere

Sailor Moon premieres on TV Asahi in Japan


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marwi said:
In 1989, A Movie Ticket Cost $3.97
George H.W. Bush becomes president of the US

The largest oil spill in US history occurs after the Exxon Valdez strikes Blight Reef in Alaska's Prince William sound

In Liverpool, England a soccer stadium barrier collapses killing 94 people

Hurricane Hugo causes 71 deaths and $4.2 billion in damage

A massave earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay area minutes before the World Series between the Giants and A's

The Berlin Wall comes down, symbolically ending the Cold War

Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair

Ayatollah Khomeini places a three-million-US dollar bounty for the death of author Salman Rushdie

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is arrested in Beverly Hills, California after slapping a motorcycle police officer

Nintendo released its popular handheld video game player, Game Boy

Oakland Athletics win the World Series

San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XXIII

Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup

Batman is the top grossing film

"Look Away" by Chicago spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Talk show host, Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests

The Arsenio Hall Show and The Simpsons premiere

Dragonball Z premieres on Japanese television
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ruby1000 said:
they dont have my year...1997
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:/ ikr
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um they don't have my year so....
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I'm just gonna pick a year before
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In 1995, A Movie Ticket Cost $4.35
Bill Clinton is president of the US

Osaka, Japan is hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, killing 5,100

A bomb explodes in a federal building in Oklahoma City

Israeli Prime Minster Yitzchak Rabin is assassinated by a right wing Jewish student opposed to the peace process

The Republican Congress passes much of the "Contract With America"

Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged him with breaking into some the most "secure" computers systems

Microsoft unveils its long awaited Windows 95 software

O. J. Simpson is found innocent

Bill Clinton signs a highway bill that ends the federal 55 mph speed limit

Atlanta Braves win the World Series

San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XXIX

New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup

Toy Story is the top grossing film

"Fantasy" by Mariah Carey spends the most time at the top of the US charts

Sailor Moon premieres in North America (I was really born in 2001)
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In 1974, A Loaf of Bread Cost 26 Cents





Gerald Ford becomes president of the US

Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run to beat Babe Ruth's record

Impeachment hearings are opened against President Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee

President Nixon resigns

President Gerald Ford issues an unconditional pardon to ex-President Nixon for all federal crimes

Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round to regain the heavyweight crown in Zaire

Heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped by and eventually joins the Symbionese Liberation Army

Dungeons & Dragons officially released

People magazine is published for the first time

Kate Moss, Alyson Hannigan, Penelope Cruz, Alanis Morissette, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ryan Seacrest are born

Oakland Athletics win the World Series

Miami Dolphins win Superbowl VIII

Philadelphia Flyers win the Stanley Cup

Blazing Saddles is the top grossing film

All the President's Men by Bernstein and Woodward is published

"Killing Me Softly With His Song" wins Grammy for song of the year

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