Wedding of the king of pop and the daughter of the king of rock and roll. But we begin with the murder trial that would consume the nations attention in the 90s and beyond. It began after former nfl star o. J simpson was arraigned on two counts of murder for the deaths of exwife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend ron goldman in june, 1994. It was dubbed the trial of the century and it had all the makings of a hollywood film with bigger than life, real life characters from the prosecution to the defense to the judge to the defendant himself. And it all played out on television every day for the whole country to watch. O. J. Simpson was back in court today for the First Time Since a judge ordered him to stand trial for two brutal murders. The formal charges against him were read. Then he entered his plea. July 22, 1994, oj simpsons high Profile Defense attorneys pushed their way through a throng of onlookers to reach the court for their clients arraignment. In the hushed courtroom, supe
Im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Its the 90s through the decades. Generation x was grown up and working. Bill clinton was in the white house. Friends was on the television and the World Wide Web was, well beginning its ubiquitous ascent. It was the 90s. Today on through the decades we take the hour to look back some of the biggest events to define that decade. From the tragic death of the face of grunge music to an attack on an olympic skater masterminded by her onice rival and the wedding of the king of pop and the daughter of the king of rock and roll. But we begin with the murder trial that would consume the nations attention in the 90s and beyond. It began after former nfl star o. J simpson was arraigned on deaths of exwife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend ron goldman in june, 1994. It was dubbed the trial of the century and it had all the makings of a hollywood film with bigger than life, real life characters from the prosecution to the defense to the judge to th