Michael Stich d. Events Fox Broadcasting is the first network to permit condom advertising on television. With Nirvana's hit comes the grunge movement, which is characterized by distorted guitars, dispirited vocals and lots of flannel. Gopher, the first user-friendly internet interface, is created at the University of Minnesota and named after the school mascot.
Gopher becomes the most popular interface for several years.
First transpacific hot-air balloon flight. Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand flew about 6,700 mi. from Miyakonyo, Japan, to 150 mi. The first cholera epidemic in a century sickens 100,000 and kills more than 700 in South America.