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Tom Hanks stars in Forrest Gump, based on a novel by Winston Groom
Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna dies when the steering column of his car shears during the San Marino Grand Prix
Trinidadian cricketer Brian Lara sets a new world record, scoring 501 not out when playing for Warwickshire against Durham
President Clinton's bill to provide health insurance for all US citizens is defeated in Congress
The return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti, under UN protection, leads to a period of relative calm unusual in the republic
Quentin Tarantino directs John Travolta and Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction
Two leading members of Mexico's ruling party, Luis Donaldo Colosio and José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, are assassinated
A devaluation of the Mexican peso leads to a sudden collapse in the local stock market
Britain and Argentina come to an agreement concerning the future exploitation of oil around the Falkland Islands
A massive bomb destroys federal buildings in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people
Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam organizes a Million Man March into Washington
US poet Philip Levine wins a Pulitzer Prize with his volume of poems Simple Truth
Bryan Singer directs the film The Usual Suspects, an intricate crime drama written by Christopher McQuarrie
The jury acquits O.J. Simpson of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, after a trial lasting almost a year
The US hosts peace talks in Dayton, Ohio, between Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia to end the Bosnian civil war
An atmospheric probe, released from the US spacecraft Galileo, enters the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, with a fortune of $20 billion, is calculated to be the richest man in the world
American painter Julian Schnabel turns his hand to film-making with Basquiat, a tribute to graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Anthony Minghella directs The English Patient, a film based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje
Bill Clinton wins re-election as US president, defeating Republican candidate Bob Dole
The guerrilla groups in Guatemala sign a treaty which provides for them to become a recognized political party
Tupac Amaru guerrillas take 460 guests hostage at the Japanese ambassador's Christmas party in Lima, Peru
James Cameron directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Wiinslet in the film Titanic, based on the 1912 disaster
Fifteen years after the Falklands War there are 1700 British troops in the islands, guarding 2200 residents
In Canada's general election the Bloc Québecois lose their position as official opposition to the Liberal government
