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| The 1990s |
| 1990: Trenton enters the Palmer era Doug Palmer, after years of patiently waiting for his chance, fulfills his parents' dream of him as Trenton's first black mayor. 1991: Earl Hill Nine months after America saw the L.A. cops beating Rodney King, 6-foot-8 Trenton officer Earl Hill smacks around a guy while a video camera rolls. 1992: Dan Quayle's spelling bee The vice president of the United States spells "potato" wrong during a media event at a Trenton school, a gaffe that haunts him through the coming campaign. 1993: A 350-year-old problem -- solved! A shy and secretive Princeton genius fulfills his life's ambition -- and the dreams of countless mathematicians -- by cracking a 17th-century puzzle known as "Fermat's last theorem." 1994: And the Thunder rolls Sam Plumeri Sr. puts his money where his dream is and brings professional baseball back to Trenton for the first time in almost 50 years. 1995: Christiemania New Jersey's first woman governor is popular with moderate Republicans across the U.S., who view her -- temporarily -- as presidential or vice-presidential timber. 1996: The biggest blizzard In 37 hours of nonstp snow, Greater Trenton is paralyzed under a white blanker two feet thick. It's the storm today's children will tell their grandchildren about. 1997: Justice for Megan The murder of the 7-year-old Hamilton girl by a convicted molester who lives across the street creates Mercer's trial of the century and leads to neighborhood notification laws. 1998: Snake eyes at the Baron Hamilton's dirty little secret is exposed when state troopers raid a social club known for its charity work and discover it's also a casino frequented by the town's political elite. 1999: Profile of controversy State authorities concede that troopers have been stopping motorists based on their race, stirring racial protest on the eve of a key Trenton referendum on who controls the local police department. |
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