David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidians, and more than 70 of his followers die when 100 federal agents attach his cult’s compound in Waco, Texas. Four agents died in an earlier attack. Also that year:

• A terrorist bomb explodes in New York City’s World Trade Center, killing six and injuring hundreds. The FBI arrests Muslim fundamentalists in a terror plot to bomb New York sites.

• Dr. David Gunn is shot and killed by “right to life” advocate Michael Griffin outside an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Fla.

• Stephen Spielberg’s film Jurassic Park grosses a world-record $725 million in 16 weeks. His second film this year, Schindler’s List wins a best picture Oscar.

• Computer users join the Internet in record numbers, linking people and computers worldwide in an information superhighway.

• The ozone layer, which shields the Earth from harmful solar ultraviolet light, deteriorates to record low levels. A thin area over Antarctica is now about the size of North America — 15 percent larger than ever before.

• Homosexuals are permitted into the U.S. armed forces under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” procedure.

• David Letterman quits NBC after 11 years to sign on with CBS for $16 million.