Video: 'Prince Charles in Sydney 1994 (and the security scare)'
(Wednesday, January 26, 1994) — A scare occurred today during a visit to Sydney, Australia, by Britain’s Prince Charles as college student David Kang lunged at the prince, firing two blank shots from a starter’s pistol. Kang was later sentenced to 500 hours of community service.
Video: 'State of the Union Address: Speech by President Clinton (1994)'
(Tuesday, January 25, 1994, 9:00 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Bill Clinton threatened in his State of the Union address tonight to veto any health care proposal that does not guarantee coverage for all Americans and he laid down a broad, unequivocal challenge to Congress to deliver his ambitious domestic agenda.
(Thursday, January 20, 1994) — Former U.S. President Richard Nixon joined his one-time White House colleagues today to recall the achievements of the Nixon administration and to launch a new Center for Peace and Freedom that they hope will continue the work they started exactly 25 years earlier with his first inauguration (click here to watch a video of the event).
Video: 'Paul McCartney inducts John Lennon into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'
(Wednesday, January 19, 1994) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney gave a speech tonight during John Lennon’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, 13 years after the ex-Beatle’s murder. Continue reading Paul McCartney inducts John Lennon into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 20 years ago tonight (Jan 19 1994)
Video: 'Siskel & Ebert - The Best of 1993'
(Saturday, January 1, 1994) — Film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert today both picked Schindler’s List, an epic drama film about of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories, as the best film of 1993.
Video: 'NEED TO KNOW | After NAFTA | PBS'
(Saturday, January 1, 1994) — The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America, came into force today. The AFL-CIO blamed the agreement for sending 700,000 American manufacturing jobs to Mexico by 2011.
Video: '1993 Year in review ABC News'
(Friday, December 31, 1993) — ABC News reviewed the most memorable events of 1993 tonight on the network’s evening news broadcast.
Video: 'RIP Brandon Teena (1972-1993) Tribute Video '
(Friday, December 31, 1993, around 1:00 a.m. CST) — Brandon Teena, a 21-year-old female-born transgender, was murdered this morning along with two other people at a farmhouse near Humboldt, Nebraska. Continue reading Brandon Teena, 21-year-old female-born transgender, murdered 20 years ago this hour (12/31/1993)
Video: 'CBS Reports - 1968'
(Wednesday, December 22, 1993, 9 p.m. EST) — CBS Reports: 1968 celebrated and analyzed the tumultuous year of 1968 in an hour-long special tonight hosted by Mike Wallace.
Video: 'Michael Jackson's 1993 Innocence Statement - From Neverland'
(Wednesday, December 22, 1993, 12 noon PST) — Reclusive superstar Michael Jackson fought back today against child molestation allegations, describing a Dec. 20, 1993, court-ordered body search as “the most humiliating ordeal of my life” during a live, four-minute message televised worldwide from his Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California. Continue reading Michael Jackson describes ‘most humiliating ordeal of my life’ in live TV address 20 years ago this hour (12/22/1993)
