3 Mar.

Rodney King is beaten by Los Angeles police officers following a high-speed automobile chase.

Serial killer Jeffrey L. Dahmer is arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Convicted in 1992, he is killed by a fellow prisoner on 28 November 1994.

11 Oct.

The Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings begin before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Hill accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual harassment.

23 Oct.

Thomas takes the judicial oath as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.