The Navy's image is tarnished by a scandal appropriately named Tailhook. And U.S. troops arrive in a place called Somalia. In 1993, the U.S. begins the air-drop of supplies to besieged towns in Bosnia. The nation chooses a young Elvis for a postage stamp. A singer named Prince changes his name to an unpronounceable symbol.
Demand begins for a V-chip to block out violent TV programming.
But we can't block out real violence. A bomb explodes in a parking garage at the World Trade Center in New York City, killing six. Flooding along the Mississippi River covers 8 million acres in nine Midwestern states, leaving 50 people dead. The Brady Bill, the nation's first major gun control measure, is signed into law. In 1994, a major earthquake hits Los Angeles, killing 51.