1988 Tainnanmen Square massacre. Berlin Wall falls. United States invades Panama. Richard M. Daley elected the mayor of Chicago. Sorority and fraternity run moved from new student week to the Winter quarter.
Soviet Union ceases to exist.
Bill Clinton elected president. 1992 Gary Barnett becomes head football coach. Leon Forrest, professor of African American studies and English published Divine Days. D.C. 1993 Garry Wills wins the Pulitzer Prize for his book Lincoln at Gettysburg. NUNet computer network installed.