President:
George Bush

Vice President:
J. Danforth Quayle

Super Bowl
Washington d. Buffalo (37-24)

World Series
Toronto d. Atlanta Braves (4-2)

NBA Championship
Chicago d. Portland (4-2)

Stanley Cup
Pittsburgh d. Chicago (4-0)

Wimbledon
Women: Steffi Graf d. M. Seles
(6-2 6-1)
Men: Andre Agassi d. G. Ivanisevic
(6-7 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-4)

Kentucky Derby Champion
Lil E. Tee

NCAA Basketball Championship
Duke d. Michigan (71-51)

NCAA Football Champions
Alabama (13-0-0)

Events
Compact discs surpass cassette tapes as the preferred medium for recorded music.
 
There are 900 million television sets in use around the world; 201 million are in the United States.
 
Woody Allen and Mia Farrow engage in a very public and nasty custody battle over their three children. Allen's affair with Farrow's adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, sparked the feud.
 
Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time. He had ruled late-night television for 20 years.
 
Movies
Unforgiven, The Crying Game, Howards End, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Player
 
Books
Robert Olen Butler, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
 
Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
 
Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger