When This Dropped

November 3, 1994

President
Clinton
Dow Jones
3,831
Gas/gal
$1.11
Big Mac
$2.30
Min Wage
$4.25

That fall of 1994, gas ran $1.11 a gallon and Clinton was in the White House — the United States and its allies were watching Iraq mass troops on the Kuwaiti border, forcing a rapid Pentagon deployment to the Gulf that raised real questions about how long America would need to maintain a military presence in the region. On the cultural front, Boyz II Men's "I'll Make Love To You" was dominating radio while John Grisham's "The Chamber" sat at the top of the fiction bestseller lists, giving Americans plenty to listen to and read as the season turned. The Houston Rockets had claimed the NBA championship that summer, and that November, passengers boarded the first Eurostar trains to pass through the Channel Tunnel, completing a physical link between Britain and continental Europe that engineers had been imagining for over two centuries.

On the cover

Magazine Covers — November 3, 1994

New York Times
Rolling Stone
TV Guide
Nat. Geographic

NY Times Headlines — Week of November 3, 1994

Voters Take Aim At A Crowded Ballot

World Events — November 1994

Time Person of the Year — 1994

The Peacemakers
Person of the Year
The Peacemakers

On the radio

Billboard Charts — November 3, 1994

I'll Make Love To You
Boyz II Men
Hot 100 #1
"I'll Make Love To You"
Boyz II Men
Miami Vice
Soundtrack
Billboard 200 #1
"Miami Vice"
Soundtrack

Grammy Awards

MTV Unplugged
Tony Bennett
Grammy Album of the Year
"MTV Unplugged"
Tony Bennett
Streets of Philadelphia
Bruce Springsteen
Grammy Song of the Year
"Streets of Philadelphia"
Bruce Springsteen
All I Wanna Do
Sheryl Crow
Grammy Record of the Year
"All I Wanna Do"
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow
Grammy Best New Artist
Sheryl Crow

On the bookshelf

The Chamber
John Grisham
NYT Fiction #1
"The Chamber"
John Grisham
In the Kitchen with Rosie
Rosie Daley
NYT Non-Fiction #1
"In the Kitchen with Rosie"
Rosie Daley
The Shipping News
E. Annie Proulx
Pulitzer Prize Fiction
"The Shipping News"
E. Annie Proulx
A Frolic of His Own
William Gaddis
National Book Award Fiction
"A Frolic of His Own"
William Gaddis
How We Die
Sherwin B. Nuland
National Book Award Nonfiction
"How We Die"
Sherwin B. Nuland

On the television

Nielsen Top 10 — 1994–95 Season

Home Improvement
Nielsen #1 TV Show
Home Improvement
Nielsen
Top 10
TV Shows
Nielsen Ratings
Top 10 TV Shows
1994–95 Season

Emmy Winners — 1994

NYPD Blue
Emmy Drama Series
NYPD Blue
Frasier
Emmy Comedy Series
Frasier
Dennis Franz
NYPD Blue
Emmy Lead Actor
Dennis Franz
NYPD Blue
Kathy Baker
Picket Fences
Emmy Lead Actress
Kathy Baker
Picket Fences

At the movies

Box Office & Oscar Winners — November 3, 1994

Stargate
Box Office #1
Stargate
Schindler's List
Oscar Best Picture
Schindler's List
Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump
Oscar Best Director
Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Oscar Best Actor
Tom Hanks
Forrest Gump
Jessica Lange
Blue Sky
Oscar Best Actress
Jessica Lange
Blue Sky

Ebert 4-Star Films — November 3, 1994

Body Snatchers
4-Star Review
Body Snatchers
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
4-Star Review
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Exotica
4-Star Review
Exotica
Forrest Gump
4-Star Review
Forrest Gump
Fresh
4-Star Review
Fresh

On the field

Sports Champions — November 3, 1994

Super Bowl
Dallas Cowboys
def. Buffalo Bills
NBA Champion
Houston Rockets
def. New York Knicks
Stanley Cup
New York Rangers
def. Vancouver Canucks
Winter Olympics
Lillehammer, Norway
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