Sports

NBA: Detriot Pistons vs.Portland Trailblazers Series: 4-1
NCAA Football: Colorado & Georgia Tech Record: 11-1-1 & 11-0-1
Heisman Trophy: Ty Detmer, byu, QB points: 1,482
Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-1
Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ers vs. Denver Broncos Score: 55-10

Popular Music

1."How Am I Suppose to Live Without You" ... Michael
Bolton
2."Opposites Attract" ... Paula Abdul w/the Wild Pair
3."Escapade" ... Janet Jackson
4."Black Velvet" ... Alannah Myles
5."Love Will Lead You Back" ... Taylor Dayne
6."I'll Be Your Everything" ... Tommy Page
7."Nothing Compares 2 U" ... Sinead O' Connor
8."Vogue" ... Madonna
9."Hold On" ... Wilson Philips
10."It Must Have Been Love" ... Roxette

Popular Movies

1. Ghost
2. Pretty Woman
3. Home Alone'
4. Die Hard 2
5. Total Recall
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Dick Tracy
8. The Hunt For Red October
9. Driving Miss Daisy
10. Back to the Future, Part III

Most Popular Books

1. Cheers (NBC)
2. 60 Minutes (CBS)
3. Roseanne (ABC)
4. A Different World (NBC)
5. The Cosby Show (NBC)
6. Murphy Brown (CBS)
7. Empty Nest ( NBC)
8. America's Most Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
9. Monday Night Football (ABC)
10. The Golden Girls (ABC)

Chemistry

COREY, ELIAS JAMES, U.S.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1928:

"for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis"
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Literature

PAZ, OCTAVIO, Mexico, b. 1914, d. 1998:

"for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous
intelligence and humanistic integrity"
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Peace

GORBACHEV, MIKHAIL SERGEYEVICH, USSR, b. 1931: President of the USSR, helped to bring the Cold War to an end.
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Physiology or Medicine

The prize was awarded jointly to:

MURRAY, JOSEPH E., U.S.A., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, b.
1919; and

THOMAS, E. DONNALL, U.S.A., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, b. 1920:

"for their discoveries concerning Organ and Cell Transplantation in the
Treatment of Human Disease"
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Physics

The prize was awarded jointly to:

FRIEDMAN, JEROME I., U.S.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, b. 1930;

KENDALL, HENRY W., U.S.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, b. 1926, d. 1999; and

TAYLOR, RICHARD E., Canada, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, U.S.A., b.
1929:

"for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of
electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential
importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics"

Best Picture: "Dances With Wolves"
Best Director: Kevin Costner ... "Dances With Wolves"
Best Actor: Jeremy Irons ... "Reversal of Fortune"
Best Actress: Kathy Bates ... "Misery"