| January 1 | Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union |
| January 1 | Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory |
| January 1 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil |
| January 1 | "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances |
| January 1 | International Year of Tolerance |
| January 1 | Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980 |
| January 1 | Raman Lamba and Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi |
| January 1 | "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater New York City after 49 performances |
| January 1 | "Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater New York City 20 performances |
| January 2 | Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed |
| January 2 | Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21 |
| January 2 | Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) |
| January 4 | Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House |
| January 5 | AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl |
| January 5 | Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed |
| January 6 | Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939) |
| January 7 | "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 18 performances |
| January 7 | "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 280 performances |
| January 8 | 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000 |
| January 8 | "Guys and Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1143 performances |
| January 8 | Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
| January 9 | Ecuador and Peru involve in boundary fight |
| January 9 | Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport |
| January 10 | "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM |
| January 11 | 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City) |
| January 11 | Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise |
| January 11 | DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives |
| January 11 | NHLPA and owners agree to end NHL strike |
| January 12 | Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan |
| January 12 | Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA |
| January 12 | Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia |
| January 13 | 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike |
| January 13 | America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race |
| January 14 | 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo |
| January 14 | 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards |
| January 15 | Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion |
| January 15 | San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship |
| January 15 | San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship |
| January 15 | Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 |
| January 15 | Western Washington begins using new area code 360 |
| January 16 | UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in New York City) |
| January 17 | 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan killing 5,372 die |
| January 17 | Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
| January 17 | "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 322 performances |
| January 17 | Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis |
| January 18 | Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka vs. Kerala |
| January 18 | Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia |
| January 19 | Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg |
| January 20 | 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike |
| January 20 | "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 276 performances |
| January 20 | Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) |
| January 21 | 52th Golden Globes: Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange |
| January 22 | Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed |
| January 22 | Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament |
| January 25 | Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee |
| January 26 | New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern |
| January 27 | 69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62) |
| January 28 | 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62) |
| January 28 | 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64) |
| January 28 | Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise |
| January 29 | Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open |
| January 29 | Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide |
| January 29 | Superbowl MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, quarterback |
| January 29 | Superbowl XXIX: San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami |
| January 30 | 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win |
| January 30 | Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air |
| January 30 | Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured |
| January 30 | Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show" |
| February 1 | Amtrak New York City - Tampa run ends |
| February 1 | Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73) |
| February 1 | Andy and Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pak, brotherly record |
| February 1 | Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air |
| February 2 | Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket |
| February 2 | "Moliere Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 56 performances |
| February 2 | U.S. space shuttle Discovery launched |
| February 3 | STS-63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit |
| February 4 | Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria vs. South Australia |
| February 4 | Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77) |
| February 4 | Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning |
| February 5 | Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections |
| February 5 | NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13 |
| February 5 | Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77 |
| February 6 | Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter |
| February 6 | Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days |
| February 6 | Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket |
| February 7 | Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting |
| February 8 | 6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed) |
| February 9 | "Heiress" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 340 performances |
| February 9 | Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec) |
| February 10 | Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA |
| February 10 | Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m) |
| February 10 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek |
| February 11 | Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46) |
| February 11 | Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec) |
| February 11 | Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec) |
| February 11 | Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands |
| February 11 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge |
| February 11 | West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand |
| February 12 | 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix |
| February 12 | Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly |
| February 12 | Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec) |
| February 12 | Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51) |
| February 12 | Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec) |
| February 12 | Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7:35.15) |
| February 12 | PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections |
| February 12 | Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m) |
| February 12 | Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec) |
| February 13 | West Indies beat New Zealand by innings and 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55 |
| February 14 | Roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas |
| February 14 | Wellington 2-498d and 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 and 2-476d |
| February 15 | Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns |
| February 15 | Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 |
| February 15 | Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion |
| February 17 | 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards |
| February 17 | Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY |
| February 17 | Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked |
| February 17 | Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike |
| February 18 | Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly |
| February 18 | Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open |
| February 18 | Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) and Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) wed |
| February 18 | Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle |
| February 19 | 1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV |
| February 19 | Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec) |
| February 19 | Kenneth Koch wins Bollingen Prize |
| February 19 | Linford Christie runs European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec) |
| February 19 | Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec) |
| February 19 | Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres |
| February 21 | CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans |
| February 21 | RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado |
| February 22 | Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters |
| February 22 | Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km) |
| February 23 | Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi |
| February 23 | Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33) |
| February 23 | "Uncle Vanya" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances |
| February 24 | Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 |
| February 25 | Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) |
| February 25 | British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital |
| February 25 | Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 shite mosque goers dead |
| February 25 | PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander |
| February 26 | London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson |
| February 27 | Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed) |
| February 28 | Denver International Airport opens |
| March 1 | 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow |
| March 1 | Belgium ends military conscript |
| March 1 | Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland |
| March 1 | Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay |
| March 1 | Part of Houston begins using new area code 261 |
| March 1 | Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol, resigns |
| March 2 | British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC |
| March 2 | Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed |
| March 2 | "Smokey Joe's Cafe," opens at Virginia Theater New York City |
| March 2 | Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches |
| March 3 | Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce |
| March 4 | 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years |
| March 4 | Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital |
| March 4 | George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker |
| March 4 | Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec) |
| March 4 | Replacement New York Yankees beat New York Mets 2-1 |
| March 5 | 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins |
| March 5 | Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election |
| March 5 | Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg |
| March 5 | Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26) |
| March 6 | 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield |
| March 6 | American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets |
| March 6 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix, Arizona on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM |
| March 7 | Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record) |
| March 7 | New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty |
| March 8 | -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C) in Bismarck, North Dakota |
| March 8 | Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece |
| March 8 | Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections |
| March 9 | Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| March 9 | Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) |
| March 9 | President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns |
| March 10 | Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed |
| March 10 | Chiel Meijering's "St. Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem |
| March 10 | Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64 |
| March 11 | -36.8 degrees F (-38.2 degrees C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67 degrees N |
| March 11 | President Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament |
| March 11 | Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S. |
| March 11 | Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m |
| March 12 | Congress party loses India national election |
| March 12 | Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship |
| March 12 | Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) |
| March 12 | Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny |
| March 12 | Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain |
| March 12 | Letitia Vriesde runs S American indoor record 800m (2:00.35) |
| March 12 | Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) |
| March 12 | Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) |
| March 13 | 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win |
| March 13 | Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms |
| March 13 | Hungarian Forint devalued 9% |
| March 13 | Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators |
| March 14 | 1st time 13 people in space |
| March 16 | Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 |
| March 16 | Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Oklahoma 77-67 |
| March 16 | Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment |
| March 16 | World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh, Jr. and P Dharmani |
| March 17 | British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record) |
| March 17 | Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House |
| March 17 | U.S. approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck |
| March 18 | Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement |
| March 18 | Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada |
| March 18 | STS-67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16 days |
| March 19 | 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway |
| March 19 | Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 |
| March 19 | Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) |
| March 19 | Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election |
| March 19 | Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament |
| March 19 | Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers |
| March 19 | NBA New York Knicks beat New York Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) |
| March 19 | Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) |
| March 19 | "Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 25 performances |
| March 19 | "Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances |
| March 20 | Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years |
| March 20 | Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) |
| March 20 | Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured |
| March 21 | New Jersey officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295 |
| March 21 | New York City agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNew York City AM and FM) |
| March 22 | Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist |
| March 23 | Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record) |
| March 23 | "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers New York City for 548 performances |
| March 25 | Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years |
| March 26 | 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins |
| March 26 | 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen |
| March 26 | "Defending the Caveman," opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 671 perf |
| March 26 | Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup |
| March 26 | "Moliere Comedies" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 56 performances |
| March 27 | 67th Academy Awards - "Forest Gump," Jessica Lange and Tom Hanks win |
| March 28 | Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovette split-up |
| March 28 | Queensland beat S Australia to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield |
| March 28 | World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge |
| March 29 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago, Illinois on WCKG 105.9 FM |
| March 30 | "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 204 performances |
| March 31 | 1st game at Coors Stadium Colorado (replacement Rockies beat Yankees 4-1) |
| March 31 | Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy |
| March 31 | Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike |
| April 1 | Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee |
| April 1 | New York Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23 |
| April 2 | 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: University of Ct Huskies beats Tennessee 70-64 |
| April 2 | 7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus |
| April 2 | Baseball season opener delayed until April 26 |
| April 2 | New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization |
| April 2 | North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970 |
| April 2 | Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26 |
| April 2 | Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 |
| April 2 | Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow |
| April 3 | 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 |
| April 3 | Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena |
| April 6 | "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 308 performances |
| April 7 | Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike |
| April 8 | BPAA U.S. Open won by Dave Husted |
| April 8 | Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| April 9 | 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274 |
| April 9 | "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances |
| April 10 | "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 24 performances |
| April 10 | New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more |
| April 13 | Yankees beat the Mets 2-0 |
| April 14 | India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah |
| April 14 | Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship |
| April 16 | 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins |
| April 17 | 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11 |
| April 17 | 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22 |
| April 18 | Houston Post folds after 116 years |
| April 18 | Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football |
| April 19 | Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (New York City) news |
| April 19 | Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 |
| April 21 | Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92 |
| April 21 | FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing |
| April 22 | General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby |
| April 22 | George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| April 23 | Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship |
| April 23 | President Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City |
| April 24 | Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes |
| April 24 | Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98 |
| April 24 | Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B. Murray |
| April 25 | 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| April 25 | "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater New York City for 79 performances |
| April 26 | Baseball season begins after lengthy strike |
| April 26 | Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings |
| April 27 | Coors Field in Colorado opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14 |
| April 27 | "Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 221 performances |
| April 28 | Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die |
| April 28 | Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die |
| April 29 | Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV |
| April 29 | Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to home run on his 1st at bat |
| April 30 | After 120 years the last 15 A and S department stores close |
| April 30 | "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 839 performances |
| April 30 | "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 24 performances |
| April 30 | "Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater New York City for 80 performances |
| April 30 | Val Skinner wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship |
| May 1 | "On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 8 performances |
| May 1 | Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park |
| May 2 | Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning |
| May 2 | "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 121 performances |
| May 2 | Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six |
| May 3 | Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy |
| May 3 | David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy) |
| May 3 | "My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater New York City for 16 performances |
| May 5 | Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics) |
| May 6 | 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2 |
| May 6 | ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby |
| May 6 | Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV |
| May 7 | Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election |
| May 7 | Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
| May 7 | "On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City after 8 performances |
| May 7 | Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes |
| May 9 | Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0 |
| May 9 | Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus |
| May 10 | 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins |
| May 10 | Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein |
| May 10 | In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident |
| May 12 | Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) |
| May 12 | Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves |
| May 12 | Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4 |
| May 13 | 6.5 earthquake hits Greece |
| May 13 | Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA |
| May 13 | New Zealand beats U.S. for the America's Cup |
| May 14 | 41st McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Kelly Robbins |
| May 14 | Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader |
| May 14 | Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th) |
| May 14 | "My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 16 performances |
| May 15 | China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| May 16 | Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier |
| May 18 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma |
| May 19 | Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time |
| May 19 | World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai |
| May 20 | 121st Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4 |
| May 20 | CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung |
| May 20 | Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of home runs in 5 consecutive games |
| May 21 | Chris Johnson wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic |
| May 22 | Laverne and Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised |
| May 23 | 47th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks) |
| May 28 | Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
| May 28 | Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game |
| May 28 | Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people |
| May 28 | "Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 454 performances |
| May 28 | Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941 |
| May 28 | White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium |
| June 1 | 68th National Spell Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis |
| June 1 | Rangers' Kenny Rogers scoreless inning streak ends after 39 |
| June 2 | John Valentin hits 3 home runs |
| June 3 | Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0 |
| June 4 | 49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! and Sunset Boulevard win |
| June 4 | 8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000 |
| June 4 | Dale Eggeling wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic |
| June 4 | "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden New York City at 347 perf |
| June 5 | 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire |
| June 6 | 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards |
| June 8 | "Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 40 performances |
| June 9 | "Congo" premieres in USA |
| June 10 | 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32 |
| June 10 | 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60) |
| June 10 | "Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater New York City after 79 performances |
| June 10 | Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer |
| June 11 | 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64) |
| June 11 | Julie Larsen wins Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic |
| June 11 | Rondell White has six hits and hits for the cycle in 13-innings |
| June 13 | Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Baltimore 11-0 |
| June 13 | New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals |
| June 14 | 49th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in 4 games |
| June 14 | Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win |
| June 15 | "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" opens at Plymouth New York City for 55 performances |
| June 15 | Mark Ilott takes 9-19 incl all lbw hat-trick, Essex vs. Northants |
| June 15 | Northants all out 46 vs. Essex and wins game next day |
| June 16 | Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career home run (429) |
| June 16 | Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002 |
| June 17 | "Who's Tommy" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 899 performances |
| June 18 | 95th U.S. Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills NY |
| June 18 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament |
| June 19 | New York Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry |
| June 20 | Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun |
| June 24 | Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
| June 25 | Betsy King wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic |
| June 25 | Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to home run in 3 consecutive innings |
| June 26 | Gunmen ambush Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed |
| June 27 | Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland |
| June 27 | Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest) |
| June 27 | Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears |
| June 27 | Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches |
| June 28 | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign |
| June 29 | George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz |
| June 29 | Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders) |
| June 30 | Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits |
| July 1 | Kiersten Rickenbach, of New Jersey, crowned America's Junior Miss |
| July 1 | "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 906 performances |
| July 2 | 16th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf |
| July 2 | Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic |
| July 2 | "Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square New York City after 80 performances |
| July 2 | Thailand: Banharn Silpa-Archa's party wins election |
| July 4 | Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs Winnipeg) |
| July 5 | Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st U.S. to win Henley Regatta |
| July 6 | Lottie Dod, 15, beats Blanch Bingley at Wimbledon |
| July 7 | Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game vs, BC Lions |
| July 7 | Space shuttle STS-71, Atlantis 14, lands |
| July 8 | 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75) |
| July 8 | 1st CFL game between 2 U.S. teams, Las Vegas Posse vs. Sacramento Gold |
| July 9 | 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62) |
| July 9 | Jack Nicklaus wins Golf's British Open, 4th to win all 4 majors |
| July 9 | Kathryn Marshall wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic |
| July 9 | "Play's the Thing" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 75 performances |
| July 9 | U.S. international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce |
| July 11 | 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas |
| July 11 | All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins) |
| July 13 | Space shuttle STS-70, Discovery 20, launches |
| July 14 | Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0 |
| July 14 | Ramon Martinez pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Marlins |
| July 15 | Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton) |
| July 15 | Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540 |
| July 16 | 13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J. C. Snead |
| July 16 | 50th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam |
| July 16 | "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 40 performances |
| July 16 | "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth New York City after 55 performances |
| July 17 | Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world, worth$12.9 billion dollars |
| July 18 | DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die |
| July 21 | Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent |
| July 21 | Kansas City Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings |
| July 22 | Space shuttle STS-70, Discovery 20, lands |
| July 22 | Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in South Carolina |
| July 23 | 124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St. Andrews Scotland |
| July 23 | "Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 121 performances |
| July 23 | Miguel Indurains wins his 5th Tour de France |
| July 23 | Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
| July 28 | Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore |
| July 29 | Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14 |
| July 29 | Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis |
| July 30 | Becky Iverson wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic |
| July 30 | Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win vs. WI |
| July 30 | Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford |
| July 30 | Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter basaeball's Hall of Fame |
| August 1 | Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network |
| August 3 | CNN en Espanol premieres |
| August 4 | Darryl Strawberry joins the New York Yankees |
| August 6 | "Damn Yankees" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 510 performances |
| August 6 | Dottie Mochrie wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mountain |
| August 6 | Indians and Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition) |
| August 6 | Thousands of people in Hiroshima tribute on 50th anniversary of bomb |
| August 8 | Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to home run twice in one inning |
| August 10 | Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly |
| August 12 | Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge |
| August 13 | 77th PGA Championship: Steve Elkington shoots a 267 at Riviera California |
| August 13 | Beth Daniels wins LPGA PING Welch's Golf Championship |
| August 14 | Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel |
| August 15 | Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA |
| August 17 | China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| August 18 | Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save |
| August 19 | After 5 days Shannon Faulkner quits as 1st woman at the Citadel |
| August 19 | Bruce Seldon TKOs Joe Hipp in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
| August 19 | Mike Tyson returns to the ring and DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds |
| August 20 | Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save |
| August 20 | Kerrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open |
| August 20 | "Play's the Thing" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 75 performances |
| August 21 | U.S. marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho |
| August 22 | FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho |
| August 23 | Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 38th consecutive save |
| August 23 | Larry Hagman receives a liver transplant |
| August 24 | Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island |
| August 24 | Windows 95 debuts |
| August 25 | Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs vs. Glam, world record 16 x 6 |
| August 25 | Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves |
| August 26 | Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs vs. Glamorgan |
| August 26 | Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval |
| August 27 | 23rd du Maurier Golf Classic: Jenny Lidback |
| August 27 | 95th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods |
| August 27 | "Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 204 performances |
| August 27 | Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days |
| August 28 | Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson |
| August 28 | Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 and 157 |
| August 30 | Cable News Network joins internet |
| August 30 | Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record |
| September 1 | Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to U.S. Treasury |
| September 1 | New York City reinstates the death penalty |
| September 1 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio |
| September 2 | Actor Charlie Sheen (30th birthday) marries Donna Peele (25) |
| September 2 | Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| September 2 | Southern California begins using new area code 562 |
| September 3 | Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT) |
| September 3 | Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3) |
| September 3 | New York Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle |
| September 3 | Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit |
| September 4 | Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000 |
| September 4 | Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic |
| September 5 | Cal Ripken, Jr. ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games |
| September 6 | Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games |
| September 6 | Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood |
| September 7 | 12th MTV Awards |
| September 7 | Senator Bob Packwoord R-Oregon resigns rather than face expulsion |
| September 7 | STS-69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit |
| September 8 | Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title |
| September 9 | 109th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (76 06 63) |
| September 9 | "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902) |
| September 9 | Chynna Phillips weds William Baldwin |
| September 9 | Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th Metropolitan Transportation Authority station to close since 1904 |
| September 9 | Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41) |
| September 10 | 115th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 46 75) |
| September 10 | 35th Walker Cup: Britain - Ireland beats U.S., 14 - 10 |
| September 10 | 47th Emmy Awards: NYPD Blue, ER, Fraiser and Candice Bergen wins |
| September 10 | Alison Nicholas wins PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship |
| September 10 | Browns and Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles |
| September 11 | Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423 |
| September 11 | Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day" |
| September 11 | Soyuz TM-22, lands |
| September 12 | INXS' Michael Hutchence pleads guilty to punching a photographer |
| September 15 | Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays |
| September 16 | Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory |
| September 16 | Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996 |
| September 16 | Stephen Hawkins (53) weds Elaine Mason |
| September 17 | "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 276 performances |
| September 17 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic |
| September 18 | Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Baltimore to move Browns |
| September 18 | Space shuttle STS-69 (Endeavour 9), lands |
| September 19 | Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 home runs for Rockies in 1995 |
| September 19 | Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits home runs in 3rd of 4 games |
| September 20 | Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central |
| September 24 | 31st Ryder Cup: Europe beats U.S., 14 -13 at Oak Hill CC (NY) |
| September 24 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic |
| September 24 | Emillio and Gloria Estefan's boat hits and kills a jet skiier |
| September 24 | Mount Ruapehu Volcano, North Island, New Zealand erupts |
| September 26 | Earliest 1st-class cricket in Australia season (Qld vs. Western Prov) |
| September 26 | "George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr |
| September 26 | Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1 |
| September 28 | Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win |
| September 28 | Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS |
| September 28 | Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle |
| September 28 | Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld vs. W Prov |
| September 28 | Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank |
| September 29 | Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games) |
| September 29 | O. J. Simpson trial sent to the jury |
| September 29 | Saleem Elahi scores century on ODI debut, Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka |
| September 29 | U.S. space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun |
| September 30 | Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season |
| October 1 | Bermuda begins using new area code 441 |
| October 1 | Gail Graham wins FieldCrest Cannon/Carolina LPGA Golf Classic |
| October 1 | Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team |
| October 1 | Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers |
| October 1 | New York Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever |
| October 1 | Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence |
| October 2 | "Moon Over Buffalo" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 308 performances |
| October 2 | Seattle Mariners beat California Angels, 9-1 in a playoff game to win AL West |
| October 3 | 1st 1st-class match at Hurstville Oval, Sydney (NSW vs. W Prov) |
| October 3 | O. J. Simpson found not guilty in murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman |
| October 4 | 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win |
| October 4 | Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners |
| October 5 | "Company" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 68 performances |
| October 6 | BPAA U.S. Women's Open won by Cheryl Daniels |
| October 6 | Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit |
| October 7 | Boston's Fleet Center opens, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins tie at 4-4 |
| October 7 | Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees |
| October 8 | Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record |
| October 8 | Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series |
| October 10 | "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City |
| October 10 | Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners |
| October 10 | Most Dutch telephone numbers increase to 10 digits |
| October 10 | Robert E. Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics |
| October 11 | John Bobbitt has plastic surgery to increase his penis 3 inches |
| October 11 | O. J. Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline |
| October 12 | "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 46 performances |
| October 13 | Joseph Rotblat awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
| October 13 | Pamela Anderson Lee, rush to hospital with flu like symptoms |
| October 14 | Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds) |
| October 15 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf |
| October 15 | Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating New York Jets 26-15 |
| October 16 | Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe |
| October 16 | Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka |
| October 16 | Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) |
| October 16 | ODI in Sharjah WI 7-333 in 50 overs beat Sri Lanka 329 all out |
| October 17 | Keith Moore sentenced to 6 years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000 |
| October 18 | NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix |
| October 19 | "Hello Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 118 performances |
| October 20 | Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final |
| October 20 | STS-73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit |
| October 21 | Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory NC, crowned 7th Ms Venus Swimwear |
| October 21 | Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians |
| October 22 | "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 97 performances |
| October 24 | Total solar eclipse in SW/S Asia (2m09s) |
| October 25 | "Victor/Victoria," opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 738 performances |
| October 27 | Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore is signed |
| October 27 | Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto |
| October 28 | Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series |
| October 28 | Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song |
| October 29 | "Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City |
| October 29 | Sunday New York News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 |
| October 29 | U.S. beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament |
| October 30 | Quebec Referendum votes to remain part of Canada |
| October 31 | NHL New Jersey Devils agree to stay in NJ |
| November 1 | "Tempest" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 71 performances |
| November 2 | "Busker Alley," premieres at St. James Theatre, New York |
| November 2 | "Sacrilege" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 21 performances |
| November 2 | Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M |
| November 3 | 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100 |
| November 3 | 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80 |
| November 3 | 1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat New Jersey Nets 94-79 |
| November 4 | 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province vs. N Transvaal |
| November 4 | "Indiscretions" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City after 221 performances |
| November 4 | Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 103-89 |
| November 5 | 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves 100-98 in OT |
| November 5 | STS-73 (Columbia 18), lands |
| November 5 | Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament |
| November 6 | Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt |
| November 6 | Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians |
| November 7 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on WXDX 105.9 FM |
| November 7 | Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever) |
| November 9 | "Danny Gans on Broadway" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City |
| November 12 | 25th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 |
| November 12 | 26th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00 |
| November 12 | Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe |
| November 12 | Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003 |
| November 12 | New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 |
| November 12 | STS-74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit |
| November 15 | "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances |
| November 15 | Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir |
| November 16 | Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease |
| November 16 | Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery |
| November 18 | Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World |
| November 18 | Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen |
| November 19 | 83rd CFL Grey Cup: Baltimore Stallions defeats Calgary Stampeders, 37-20 |
| November 19 | "Beatle Anthology" premieres on ABC-TV |
| November 19 | Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss New York USA |
| November 19 | "Sacrilege" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 21 performances |
| November 19 | "School for Scandal" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 23 performances |
| November 19 | Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16 |
| November 20 | "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released |
| November 20 | FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC |
| November 20 | Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview |
| November 20 | "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 48 performances |
| November 20 | STS-74 (Atlantis 15), lands |
| November 21 | Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time |
| November 21 | Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship |
| November 21 | New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird" |
| November 22 | Rosemary West, found guilty in England, of killing 10 women |
| November 24 | Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%) |
| November 25 | "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 46 performances |
| November 26 | 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2) |
| November 26 | Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass |
| November 26 | New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs vs. India in Nagpur ODI |
| November 28 | James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack |
| November 29 | CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched |
| November 29 | "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City |
| December 2 | 17th ACE Cable Awards |
| December 3 | 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2) |
| December 3 | Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic |
| December 3 | "Company" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances |
| December 3 | "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances |
| December 3 | Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record |
| December 3 | Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar |
| December 3 | Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864 |
| December 4 | Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test |
| December 6 | 6th Billboard Music Awards |
| December 6 | Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special |
| December 7 | NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12 |
| December 7 | U.S. space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter |
| December 9 | 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB) |
| December 10 | 1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81 |
| December 10 | Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches |
| December 10 | Michael Slater scores 219 vs. Sri Lanka at the WACA |
| December 10 | Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617 |
| December 10 | Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Australia vs. Sri Lanka, WACA) |
| December 10 | Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours, Starting December 9th at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982 |
| December 11 | Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million |
| December 12 | Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote) |
| December 12 | CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31 |
| December 12 | Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of U.S. congress |
| December 12 | NBA referees return to work after striking |
| December 13 | Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center |
| December 13 | U.S. Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations |
| December 14 | AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant |
| December 14 | "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki |
| December 15 | Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland |
| December 17 | "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 23 performances |
| December 19 | Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce |
| December 20 | American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive |
| December 20 | "Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 14 performances |
| December 21 | Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup |
| December 21 | San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000 |
| December 22 | David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees |
| December 26 | Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs. Australia, MCG) |
| December 26 | Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds |
| December 27 | Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 vs. SL, MCG) |
| December 30 | Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10 |
| December 31 | 62nd Sugar Bowl: Virginia Tech beats Texas |
| December 31 | Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip |
| December 31 | "Danny Gans on Broadway" closes at Neil Simon New York City |
| December 31 | "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 308 performances |
| December 31 | "Heiress" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 340 performances |
| December 31 | Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria |
| December 31 | "Paul Roebson" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 14 performances |
| December 31 | "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 48 performances |
| December 31 | "Tempest" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 71 performances |
