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America, 1994
In the Movies....
Forrest Gump hits theaters and wins Oscar for best film
Billboard Chart-toppers
Mariah Carey's “Hero” was the number one song of the year
Sports....
The Dallas Cowboys win the Super Bowl
The Major League Baseball players went on a 232-day strike beginning April 12th. The strike led to the cancellation of over 900 games, including the World Series. They claimed the owners had been stealing/withholding money from them.
In the end, the owners paid the players $280 million.
Other Events....
(Elle MacPherson becomes “the world's first supermodel” )
OJ Simpson convicted of his wife Nicole's murder. A highly publicized trial ensues
The “Wonderbra” is invented
Friends and ER make their NBC debut
Kimberly Aiken is crowned Miss America
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley wed
So Do Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford.
Meanwhile....
Rwanda, 1994
