January 28 - The first trial of accused murderer Lyle Menendez[?] ends in a mistrial. He and his brother Erik are later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
March 24 - At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio[?] is assassinated. Mario Aburto Martinez is arrested for the crime and confesses on the same day.
May 6 - The Chunnel, which took 15,000 workers over seven years to complete, opens between England and France. Travelers can now travel between the two countries in 35 minutes.
June - Iraq disarmement crisis[?]: UN weapons inspectors Ritter and Smidovitch learn, through Israeli intelligence reports, that Qusay Hussein, Saddam Hussein's son, is the key player in efforts by the Iraqi government to hide the country's alledged illegal weapons.
July - The planet Jupiter is pelted by 21 large fragments of a comet over the course of 6 days.
September-October - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq threatens to stop cooperating with UNSCOM inspectors and begins to once again deploy troops near its border with Kuwait. In response, the U.S. begins to deploy troops to Kuwait.
October 8 - Iraq disarmament crisis: President of the UN Security Council says that Iraq must withdraw its troops from the Kuwait border and immediately cooperate with weapons inspectors.
October 15 - After three years of exile in the US, Haiti's president Aristide returned to his country.
October 15 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Following threats by the U.N. Security Council and the U.S., Iraq withdraws troops from its border with Kuwait
November - Republicans take control of the US congress and Senate.
January - One month before the Winter Olympic Games, ice skater Nancy Kerrigan[?] is attacked by fellow skater Tonya Harding's boyfriend. The man clubbed Kerrigan in the knee. Kerrigan and Harding both competed in the Olympics, but Harding stumbled through her routine. She was later banned from the professional skating world for her connection to the attack.
