Ted Kaczynski, a former math professor known as the Unabomber for his mail bomb attacks over nearly 20 years that resulted in three deaths and many injuries to university personnel and industrial figures, is apprehended in Montana.

• Archaeologists in Jamestown, Va., uncover and excavate the site of the colony’s original settlement.

• Atlanta hosts the 26th Summer Olympics. In the first act of violence since the 1972 Munich Games, a pipe bomb explodes, killing one person and injuring more than 100 spectators.

• The British royal family suffers two divorces: Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, followed shortly after by Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Diana receives a substantial settlement and loses the title of royal highness, but can still be known as princess.

• Incumbent Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore are re-elected president and vice president, respectively.

• The Macarena, a new dance craze based on Latin rhythms, achieves worldwide popularity.

• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as Mad Cow Disease, becomes a major concern in Europe, where 11 people in Britain and one in France die of the disease. Cattle detected with the disease are destroyed.

• The Oakland, Calif., school board votes to recognize a variety of black English, knows as “Ebonics” as a distinct language.