UWF Events

• The OWCC-UWF Fort Walton Beach campus opens
• Science and Technology becomes a separate college
• Enrollment services building renovation is complete
• Campus blue light system activated
• UWF student interns at White House

World Events

• Bill Clinton wins presidency in three-man race with George Bush and Ross Perot
• Hurricane Andrew hits south Florida
• Manuel Noriega convicted in Florida
• Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood comes under fire for sexual harassment
• Johnny Carson retires from The Tonight Show
• Lawrence Welk, Isaac Asimov and Alex Hailey die
• Compac discs leave cassette tapes in the dust
• A text-based Web browser becomes available to be public