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Events on Friday 17 June 1994 2
19941994 FIFA World CupThe American BoomThe first final decided by a penalty shootout. Winner: Brazil.
1994O.J. Simpson arrested after Bronco chaseFormer football star pursued live on televisionFormer NFL star O.J. Simpson led police on a slow-speed chase through Los Angeles freeways, broadcast live nationwide, after being charged with the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The chase and subsequent trial became a defining US media event of the decade.