Quiz Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a young, unrepentent Israeli. Kobe, Japan reeled from a massive earthquake, and in Africa an Ebola outbreak claimed some 50 lives. O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of murder, and generations mourned Grateful Dead musician Jerry Garcia. Months earlier, she had told police that a black carjacker had kidnapped her two boys, aged three and 14 months. The mother eventually confessed that she had let her car roll down a boat ramp into John D. Long Lake with her sons locked inside.
Japan is jolted by a powerful earthquake, collapsing buildings and sparking hundreds of fires.
About 5,100 are killed in the western Japanese city, and 30,400 buildings are destroyed. Thousands of survivors wait in line patiently for relief supplies. Inc. A Time Warner Company All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. Read our privacy guidelines.