Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan (right) is injured in an assault as she leaves practice for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The attack is planned by fellow figure skater Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly with the intent of keeping Kerrigan out of the championship and the upcoming Winter Olympics. Harding (at left) is implicated in the attack, but pleads guilty to a lesser charge.
Over 500,000 ethnic minority Tutsi's are killed in the Rwandan Genocide by members of the Hutu majority during the Rwandan Civil War. The war and genocide, spark a large scale refugee crisis as Tutsi's attempt to flee to safety.
Anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa in the country's first multi-racial election. Mandela had previously served 27 years in prison, before emerging to work with previous President F.W. de Clerk towards reconciliation. Both men are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to change South Africa peacefully.
The animated Disney musical film The Lion King is the biggest box office hit of 1994. With songs written by Elton John and Tim Rice, the film becomes the highest grossing animated film of all time.
Pro football player and broadcaster O.J. Simpson is charged with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. When Simpson fails to turn himself in, he is pursued by Los Angeles police in a low speed chase in a white Ford Bronco that is broadcast live on TV.
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) declares a cease-fire in Northern Ireland where the group had been violently resisting British occupation since 1970.
Detail from a Japanese advertisement for the IBM Think Pad.
Cookie Crisp cereal advertisement from 1994.
A fashion spread for Teen Magazine.
More from a 1994 fashion spread for Teen Magazine.
Men's fashion in an ad for Versace.
Supermodels pose in a 1994 advertisement for Versace.
Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in the superhero comedy film The Mask, which becomes the fourth highest grossing film of 1994.
The black comedy crime film Pulp Fiction is released, starring Uma Thurman, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson among others. Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film is nominated for seven Academy Awards.
The film Dumb & Dumber, directed by Peter Farrelly, stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. The film is the 7th highest grossing film of 1994 in the U.S.
Tom Hanks stars in the drama film Forrest Gump, the second highest grossing movie of 1994.
The TV medical drama series ER debuts on NBC where it runs until 2009. Created by physician and novelist Michael Crichton, the show is one of the longest running television drama series ever.
High school hijinks in New York.
A birthday party celebration in 1994.
High school trip to Joshua Tree National Park.
Pennsylvania high school students.
High school prom dates 1994.
Tailgating party before a Penn State football game.
Pouring a shot during Spring Break in Galveston, Texas.