Timeline
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
SARIN GAS ATTACK IN TOKYO METRO (Photo by noboru hashimoto/Corbis via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES: Estella Leak (R) wipes away tears during a memorial tribute for the slain Grammy-winning pop star Selena 02 April at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. Tejano music queen Selena was shot to death 31 March in Corpus Christi, Texas. On the left is Estella Leak's sister, Olivia. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images)
15th November 1995: The American shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Space Station Mir, in order to deliver a Russian docking module and two solar arrays. An IMAX camera records the docking procedure. (Photo by NASA/Space Frontiers/Getty Images)
Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead performs at Oakland Coliseum Arena on December 17, 1993 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
Mickey Mantle #7 of the New York Yankees poses for a portrait, 1953. (Photo by William Jacobellis/Stanley Weston Archive/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 8: O. J. Simpson sits in Superior Court in Los Angeles 08 December 1994 during an open court session where Judge Lance Ito denied a media attorney's request to open court transcripts from a 07 December private meeting involving prospective jurors. Final selection of alternate jurors by attorneys in the double murder case is expected later this afternoon. (Photo credit should read POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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