Bill Clinton is elected the 42^nd President. 

Riots erupt throughout L.A. after the beating of Rodney King by police officers.  It had been caught on videotape. 

Sinead O’Connor tears up a picture of the Pope during a performance on “Saturday Night Live.”  Her career never recovers. 

Madonna releases her kinky photo book, Sex. 

The Nicoderm patch is released, giving smokers a new tool to help kick the habit. 

Long Island, NY teenager Amy Fisher makes headlines when she’s arrested for shooting housewife Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the head, who survives.  Fisher had been having an affair with Joey Buttafuoco; their sordid story is tabloid fodder for months.

Album: Unplugged, Eric Clapton
Song: “Tears In Heaven”  Eric Clapton
Best New Artist: Arrested Development

The top five movies of the year:

1. Aladdin

2. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

3. Batman Returns

4. Lethal Weapon 3
5. A Few Good Men

Our eyeballs were glued to these favorites!

• Melrose Place
• Picket Fences
• Quantum Leap
• Wings

Lawrence Welk
Sam Kinison
Robert Reed ("The Brady Bunch")
ANthony Perkins ("Psycho")