2

Jessie Marlene Snow (Lowe) 90

1

Lynn Thomas Lowe 57
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 53

0

Peggy Lynette Lowe (Phillips) 30
Sandra LaNae Lowe (nee Jensen) 29
Debra Eileen Lowe 23
Michelle Ann Lowe 21
Lori Ellen Lowe 19

-1

Jennifer Lyn Atwood 9
Jeremy Scott Atwood 5

General

Population: 5.78 Billion

• Environment: Consensus about global warming - record warm listed
• Health: First drop in AIDS patients worldwide
• Literature: Eric Schulman publishes "History of the Universe in 200 words or less"
• Science: Planet discovered on nearby star
  Scientists analyze Martian meteorite
  First cloning of mammal from adult cells – Dolly the sheep
  Kennewick Man from 7500 BC shows complicated early population of Americas
  Molecular clock estimates show metazoans at 1 BYA
  Feathered dinosaur Sinosauropteryx prima discovered
  Mars Pathfinder launched
  Atlantis docks with Mir
• Technology: Internet use reaches 45 million worldwide
• Deaths: Carl Sagan, Max Factor, Polish model Agnieszka Kotlarska murdered, Austrian composer Gottfried von Einem, Ella Fitzgerald, Spiro Agnew, George Burns, Gene Kelly, Timothy Leary, Italian actor Marcello Mastriuanni, Tupak Shakur

Africa

• General: West African meningitis outbreak
  Ruins of Lighthouse of Alexandria found
• Egypt: Ethnic violence in Cairo's refugee camps
• Rwanda: Civil War
• South Africa: New constitution

Americas

• Canada: Four feet of snow in Victoria

Asia

• Bangladesh: Tornado
• North Vietnam: possibly up to 2 million Vietnamese starve to death - kept secret

Europe

• General: Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) held to explore future of Europe
• Belgium: Serial killer Marc Dutrox tortures several to death,
• Bosnia: UN tribunal charges war crimes against Muslims and Croats
• France: End of nuclear testing agreed
• Great Britain: Divorces include Prince and Princes of Wales and Duke and Duchess of York
  Mad Cow Disease outbreak
  Fire in Windsor Castle
  Britain and Ireland agree on agenda for peace treaty
  Beef banned because of Mad Cow Disease
• Iceland: Volcano and flood
• Italy: Ice forms on Venice's canals
• Russia: Elections confirm Yeltsin's position
  Chechnya becomes independent from Russia as Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – only recognized by Taliban and later returned to Russia in 1999
  Chechens capture 2000 Russians - peace treaty signed
• Ukraine: Serial killer Anatoly Onoprienko arrested after killing 52 with arson

Middle East

• Afghanistan: Talibanis take government control and seize Kabul
• Iraq: US launches missile attacks to enforce no-fly zones
  Iraqis strike at Kurds
• Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu elected Prime Minister
• Lebanon: Israel attacks Hezbollan strongholds

Pacific

President:

Pres: William J. Clinton reelected over Bob Dole

General

• Culture: President blocks ban on late-term abortions
• Entartainment: "Rent" released on Broadway
  America dances to the "Macarena"
• Finance: Budget crisis as it fails to pass - Clinton approves partial funding of government operations
• Health: Viagra patented
  Report that VA has been using veterans for experimentation
• Military: Dept. of Defense admits Gulf War soldiers exposed to American chemical agents
• Politics: Democrats and Republicans vote to ban Ross Perot from debating with Clinton and Dole
  Line-item veto bill signed
  Madeline Albright made first female Secretary of State
• Religion: Churches burned
• Technology: Telecommunications deregulated
  HDTV standard agreed upon
  Three hours of television a week mandated to be educational
• Welfare: Control turned over to states in Welfare Reform Bill

East

• Maine: 19.19 inches of rain falls
• Maryland: Sharon Lopatka Internet entrepeneur solicits a man to torture and kill her – killer Robert Frederick Glass convicted voluntary manslaughter
• New Jersey: Judge rules juries would not be sworn in on the Bible
• New York: 747 airliner crashes in Atlantic off Long Island

Midwest

• Nebraska: 10 year old in Omaha banned from reading Bible silently during free time
• Oklahoma: Heatburst sends midnight temps above 100 degrees

South

• Florida: Record cold in Miami
  Valujet crashes in Everglades
• Georgia: Olympics
  Bombing at Atlantic Olympics

West and Pacific

• Alaska: Earthquake
• California: Proposition 209 passes outlawing affirmative action

President

Pres: Gordon B. Hinckley

Membership: 9,692,441

Temples: 49

48. Hong Kong China
49. Mount Timpanogos, Utah

Other

• Conference Center announced
• More members outside US than in
• National Prayer breakfast chaired by Senator Bennett, and Ariel Bybee (LDS member of Metropolitan Opera) sings
• President Hinckley on 60 Minutes news show
• President Hinckley visits China (first), Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, and Saipan
• Cambodia and Vietnam dedicated
• Latter-day Saint Charities established
• Elder Wirthlin becomes first Apostle to address Far East Russia/Siberia (since ancient times?)