| | NASA discovers a comet shaped like a chain of pearls will impact on Jupiter in 1994, which starts the "What if that was Earth" buzz. |
| | 98 million watched the last episode of Cheers; ads were $650,000 for 30 seconds |
| | The Ford Taurus tops the Honda Accord in total car sales. |
| | What's in: torn clothing, Snapple's exotic flavors, the new 29cent Elvis Presley stamp, Mortal Kombat video game and Joey Buttafuoco jokes. |
| | The Pentium processor, Video CD and Talking Barney are new. |
| | Quote: "I let him live on a farm. I guess he learned naturally from the animals that were around." (Pat Roberts, opposed to sex education in school, explaining his son's understanding of the facts of life) |
| | TV's graphic prime-time show, NYPD Blue, is immediately controversial. |
| | Sears ends its mail-order catalog business. |
| | Michael Jackson tells that his lightened skin color is due to a rare skin disease on the Oprah Winfrey show. |