€ Kocharian Names 33- year old Armen Darbinian as Prime Minister of Armenia

€ President Clinton Names Michael C. Lemmon to be U.S. Ambassador to Armenia

€ United Armenian Fund (UAF) 98th Airlift arrives in Yerevan April 19 carrying $1,000,000 of assistance-Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent over $220 million of humanitarian assistance to Armenia aboard 98 airlifts and 362 sea containers

€ 40 Members of Congress Commemorate Armenian Genocide on House and Senate Floors

€Armenian Assembly of America will begin to pursue legislation aimed At Requiring Turkish Banks in the United States to Establish Compensation for Armenians Stemming From the 1915 Genocide

€UCLA History Department rejects by a vote of 18-17 offer by Turkey to finance Endowed Chair-The offer had prompted widespread opposition from scholars around the country