UWF Events

• Center for Fine & Performing Arts, College of Education Complex and Student Services building open
• First concert held in the new 300-seat Music Hall
• Bike riding patrol officers introduced on campus
• Summer in Japan program starts
• Women’s soccer team established

World Events

• Gulf War begins
• U.S. defeats Iraq with Operation Desert Storm
• CNN dominates Gulf War news coverage worldwide
• Collapse of Soviet anti-Gorbachev plot aided by global system called the internet
• Sec. of Navy Garrett resigns in wake of Navy Tailhook scandal
• Pan Am and Eastern Airlines go out of business
• VCR becomes the fastest selling domestic appliance in history
• Alzheimer’s disease becomes big health issue
• Basketball star “Magic” Johnson announces he is HIV positive
• Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls win their first NBA championship