1994

Year 1994 () The year 1994 was designated as the " of the " and the "International Year of the Sport and the " by the.

January

 * - goes into effect.
 * - beat the  in the  for the national championship
 * - The begins their war in, Mexico.
 * - In, is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival 's ex-husband.
 * - : begins his 437.7 day orbit, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit.
 * - The government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the  and its political arm.
 * -  is held at 's Royce Hall. It was the first conference to discuss the growing and was presided over by Vice President.
 * - meets the Presidents of, ,  and.
 * - U.S. President and n President  sign the Kremlin Accords, which stop the preprogrammed aiming of  toward each country's targets, and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in.
 * - breaks tow in the  and is beached at  in the  a few days later.
 * - The, 6.7, hits  of  at 4:31 AM killing 61 and leaving 26,029 homeless.
 * - The, a possible  in . Witnesses claim to have seen a  in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
 * - hit the eastern .  The coldest temperature ever measured in  state history, -36°F (-38°C), is recorded in.
 * - In, becomes the first female cadet to attend , but soon drops out.
 * - is found  on charges of mutilating her husband John.
 * - delivers his first  address, calling for, a s, and.
 * - A man fires 2 at  in,.
 * - The first trial of accused murderer ends in a . He and his brother  are later found guilty and sentenced to  without.
 * - In, the hand the  their fourth consecutive  loss, 30-13.
 * - German manufacturer  announces the purchase of  from

February

 * - In, 's ex-husband pleads guilty for his role in attacking figure skater . He accepts a , admitting to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony against Harding.
 * - is sworn in as the.
 * - The raises the Fed Funds  for the first time since  . The rate is raised by 25 s to 3¼ percent.
 * - is convicted of the  murder of  leader.
 * - : A  kills 68 civilians and wounds about 200 in a Sarajevo marketplace.
 * - The Vance-Owen for  is announced.
 * - 's painting "" is stolen in (and is recovered on ).
 * - and his wife are charged with spying for the  by the . Ames will later be convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment and his wife will receive 5 years in prison.
 * - In, begins excavations at 25 Cromwell Street, the home of , suspected of multiple murders. On , he and his wife are arrested.
 * - Israeli  opens fire inside the  in the . He kills 29  before worshippers beat him to death.
 * - Federal Sports & Environment Minister  resigns over "The Sports Rorts Affair", where it was alleged that she apportioned money for community sporting projects in a  fashion.
 * -  pilots  4 n  over  for violation of the  and its.

March

 * - A lone kills Ari Halberstam during an attack on 14  students on the  in.
 * - cedes  to.
 * - begins her term of office as, serving under President.
 * - The rock band  plays its final show in.
 * - Four terrorists are convicted for their roles in the, which killed 6 and injured more than 1,000.
 * - A gunman takes 8 people hostage in the.
 * - A referendum in results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with.
 * - : The rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of.
 * - A photo by Marmaduke Wetherell, previously touted as 'proof' of the, is confirmed to be a hoax.
 * - The ordains its first female priests.
 * - U.S. troops are withdrawn from.
 * - In, pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for trying to  an attack on  rival . She is fined $100,000 and banned from the sport.
 * - 's film  wins 7, including , at the.
 * - The biggest outbreak in 1994 occurs in the . One tornado hits a  in, killing 22.
 * - : and  supporters battle in central.
 * - The journal ' reports the finding in of the first complete ' skull (see ).

April

 * - n President and  President  die when a missile shoots down their jet near, . This is taken as a pretext to begin the.
 * - The begins in,.
 * -, lead singer of , is found dead in . He was last seen alive by family and friends 3 days prior, but was seen at various locations around by others. His  is believed to have been a.
 * - Voters in decide to join the  in a referendum.
 * - is found guilty of ordering the execution of 7 Jews when he  served in the.
 * - The estimates that hundreds of thousands of  have been killed in.
 * - Former  dies in.
 * - End of term for as 9th  of.
 * - The largest high school arson ever in the United States is started at, in , resulting in over 15 million dollars in damages. The same arsonist also goes on to set arsons at:  and.
 * -, of , becomes the 10th  of.
 * - holds its first fully multiracial elections.
 * - declares bankruptcy.
 * - n pilot  is killed in an accident during the qualifying session for the.

May

 * - The famous driver  dies in accident during
 * - The side-scrolling DOS game is released by Epic Megagames.
 * - The, which took 15,000 workers over 7 years to complete, opens between and . Passengers can now travel between the 2 countries in 35 minutes.
 * - is inaugurated as 's first Black.
 * - executes   by  for the murder of 33  and boys.
 * - An of the  is visible across much of.
 * - becomes 's official.
 * - leader, 55, dies of a . Deputy leader  stands in until an election can be held.  Smith is succeeded by , the 41-year-old -born  for  in.
 * - 's last film  which he was filming when he had died in 1993 opens in the.
 * - holds its first multiparty elections.

June

 * - - negotiations for the  begin in ; they agree to a 1-month cessation of hostilities (which does not last more than a few days).
 * - and  are murdered outside the Simpson home in .  is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a.
 * -  pleads guilty to 7 counts of, wire and computer fraud, , and.
 * - The defeat the  at  in  in Game 7 of the  to win their first  Championship in 54 years and ending the.
 * - and the  establish full.
 * - NFL star and his friend  flee from police in his white . The low speed chase, which unfolds live on television, ends up at Simpson's mansion in, where he then surrenders to police.
 * - The begins in the.
 * - The celebrates their first centennial.
 * - The third highest-grossing of all time, , opens in  theatres.

July

 * - , 27, is shot dead in . His murder is commonly attributed as retaliation for the  Escobar scored in the  against the.
 * - Fourteen firefighters die in the South Canyon on  in . The event inspires the  book .
 * - is occupied by troops from North.
 * - - The planet  is hit by 21 large fragments of   over the course of 6 days.
 * - Brazil wins the . Defeats Italy 3-2 in penalties (Full time 0-0).
 * - In, a destroys a building housing several ish organizations, killing 85 and injuring many more (see ).


 * Four 26-pound ceiling tiles fall from the roof of the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington, just hours before a scheduled Seattle Mariners game.
 * - and  sign the, which formally ends the  that has existed between the nations since.

August

 * August -  nobilis, a "fossil tree" is discovered by bushwalker David Noble only 150 km from the largest city in.
 * - Fire destroys Central Library in the, including most of its.
 * - The founds the, a group of postgraduate s.
 * - Groups of protesters spread from, 's Castillo de la Punta ("Point Castle"), creating the first protests against 's government since.
 * - The Bambino World Series (now called Cal Ripken World Series, division of Babe Ruth Inc.) come to  on  for the first time. 2 years work of volunteers and funds led up to this event.  It was played at Henderson's Park field where it sat over 5,000 people in attendance.
 * - begins in . It is the  year anniversary of  in.
 * - players go on, eventually causing the cancellation of the.
 * - In, during a circus international performance, a female elephant named  crushes her trainer  to death before hundreds of horrified spectators, at the  Arena.
 * - was posthumously commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, 33 years after his death, and 77 years to the day after his rejection for U.S. military service in 1917.
 * - The announces a "complete cessation of s."
 * - leaves.

September

 * - : and the  agree to de-target their s against each other.
 * - in,  opens. All international services are transferred from Itami to Kansai.
 * - State MP for Cabramatta  is shot outside his home in 's first   since 1977.
 * -, a with 132 people on board, crashes on approach to ; there are no survivors.
 * - President signs the, which bans the manufacture of new weapons with certain features for a period of 10 years.
 * - Danish tour guide is abducted, raped and murdered by British soldiers.
 * - American troops stage a bloodless invasion of in order to restore the legitimate elected leader,, to power.
 * - The long-running American sitcom ' premieres on NBC, eventually becoming part of NBC's ' comedy blocks on Thursdays.
 * - The  sinks in the, killing 852.
 * -, Mexican politician, is assassinated on the orders of the president's brother.
 * September-October - : threatens to stop cooperating with  inspectors and begins to once again deploy troops near its border with . In response, the U.S. begins to deploy troops to.
 * Religious radio personality once predicted that September 1994 would see the second coming of.

October

 * - In, 23 members of the cult are found dead, a day after 25 of their fellow cultists are similarly discovered in ,.
 * - inaugurates World Teachers’ Day to celebrate and commemorate the signing of the Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers on,.
 * - : The President of  says that  must withdraw its troops from the Kuwait border and immediately cooperate with weapons inspectors.
 * - loses  contact with the  as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of  (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere either  or ).
 * - The  is released.
 * - After 3 years of U.S. exile, 's president Aristide returns to his country.
 * - : Following threats by the U.N. Security Council and the U.S., Iraq withdraws troops from its border with Kuwait.
 * - fires over 2 dozen shots at the ; he is later convicted of trying to kill President.
 * - An  crashes in, after circling in icy , killing 64 passengers.
 * - attends a ceremony in, where his late mother, , is honoured as "Righteous among the Nations" for sheltering Jewish families from the  in , during

November

 * - : The first conference devoted entirely to the subject of the commercial potential of the opens. Featured speakers include  of,  of Pandora Systems, and Ken McCarthy of E-Media.
 * - 's third runway opens, ensuring protests about noise levels.
 * - A letter by former U.S. President is released that announces he has.
 * - wins the  and  World Heavyweight Championships by 'ing  becoming the oldest  in history.
 * -, influential  and critic of  is assassinated.
 * - Representative  leads the  in taking control of both the  and the  in midterm congressional elections, the first time in 40 years the Republicans secured control of both houses of .   is elected.
 * - Voters in decide to join the  in a.
 * - The first passengers travel through the.
 * - A issues a temporary, prohibiting the State of  from implementing , that would have denied most  to s.
 * - The n government and rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol.

December

 * - The n government agrees to pay reparations to who were displaced during the s at  in the 1950s and 1960s.
 * - orders troops into.
 * - A small bomb explodes on, killing a ese businessman. The bombing was a field test done by to test explosives that would have been used in.
 * -, 53, a builder living in , is remanded in custody, charged with murdering 12 people (including two of his own daughters) whose bodies were mostly found buried at his house in Cromwell Street. His wife , 41, is charged with 10 murders. Police believe that the murders took place between and , and suspect that they may have killed up to 30 people.
 * - A piloted by Richard Anderson and Brad Sexton misses an  and crashes into an apartment complex in, killing both pilots and injuring several apartment residents.
 * -   announces that  is to serve a  for the  of the . The decision was made in private by Mr Howard's predecessor  in, but Hindley is only informed of the decision today after the  ruled that the Home Secretary must inform all  prisoners of the minimum term that they should serve before parole can be considered. Hindley, 52, can appeal against the decision but now knows that she may well spend the rest of her life in prison.
 * - The  1.0 is released.
 * - A planned correction of the  to the , becomes a massive financial meltdown in , unleashing the '' effect on global s. This will prompt a US$ 50 billion 'bailout' by the  administration.
 * - The investigation begins in.
 * - s between homosexuals are made legal in Sweden.
 * - A homemade bomb goes off on the on  in.
 * - French police storm a hijacked jet at  and kill 4 Islamist terrorists.
 * was skipped by the to switch from the   to, and by the  to switch from  to . The latter became the earliest time zone in the world, one full day ahead of.

Undated

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Fictional
The following are references to year 1994 in fiction:


 *  (1980-1982): A large asteroid passes between and the, causing the Moon to split into two large fragments.  The event also causes major upheavals in Earth's climate and geography, as well as severe alterations in s, due to the gravitational effects of both the asteroid and the shattered Moon.  This catastrophe results in the disruption of modern human civilization.  Two thousand years later, civilization will re-emerge in a semi- state, where  has been rediscovered, but co-exists alongside remnants of technology from previous civilizations, as well as science advanced far beyond that of the 1990s.


 * The character from  is born in 1994
 *  (1999): Three student filmmakers disappear in the woods near the town of in  whilst filming a documentary named The Blair Witch Project. A year later, their footage is recovered.

January - June

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 * -, Canadian kidnapping victim (d. )
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 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, English actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, American actress
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 * -, American actor
 * -, Monaco heir
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Spanish actress
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, British heiress
 * -, prince of
 * -, English actress
 * -, English actress

July - December

 * -, English twin actresses
 * -, and painter
 * -, American actor
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 * -, American kidnapping victim (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American singer
 * -, American singer and yodeler
 * -, British actor
 * -, American murder victim (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, British heiress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor, Singer-songwriter, and keyboardist
 * -, American actor, Singer-songwriter, and keyboardist

January-February

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 * -, actor (b. )
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 * -, Estonian statesman and soldier (b. )
 * -, British cricket commentator (b. )
 * -, American actor sidekick (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American runner (b. )
 * -, manager  (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, British journalist and broadcaster (b. )
 * -, American mathematician (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American character actor and voice-over artist {b. )
 * -, French author (b. )


 * -, Character actor (b. )
 * -, writer and illustrator (b. )
 * -, Polish composer (b. )
 * -, American geneticist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American (b. )
 * -, Russian serial killer (executed) (b. )
 * -, American author and activist (b. )
 * -, American fiddler (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American actress and singer (b. )
 * -, American-born er (b. )
 * -, American boxer (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )

March-April

 * -, Canadian comedian and actor (b. )
 * -, American boxing trainer, was active from the 1920s through the 1980s (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * -, Mexican politician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Romanian-born playwright (b. )
 * -, English actor and co-founder of the (b. )
 * -, Belgian Nazi (b. )
 * -, American actress, author, and (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Icelandic footballer and politician (b. )
 * -, German historian (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, British ice skater (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American neurobiologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, 37th (b. )
 * -, Austrian driver (b. )

May-June

 * Unknown date -, Australian actor (b. )
 * -, Brazilian driver (b. )
 * -, critic (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American serial killer (executed) (b. )
 * -, Scottish politician (b. )
 * -, Mexican-born actor (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Canadian (b. )
 * -, Belgian World War II resistance fighter (b. )
 * -, leader of (b. )
 * -, Dutch economist, laureate (b. )
 * -, the (b. )
 * -, of  (b. )
 * -, friend of (b. )
 * -, American composer and arranger (b. )
 * -, American bassist (b. )
 * -, American (b. )
 * -, German conductor (b. )

July-August

 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American computer inventor (b. )
 * -, Venezuelan player (b. )
 * -, British chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, comedy actor (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian-born writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, English chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American chemist, recipient of the and  (b. )

September-October

 * -, British musician (b. )
 * -, English actress (b. )
 * -, cosmonaut (b. )
 * -, Italian (b. )
 * -, Austrian and British philosopher (b. )
 * -, an diplomat, UN official and author (b. )
 * -, French microbiologist, recipient of the (b. )


 * -, Anthropologist, photographer and ethnographic filmmaker
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, English immunologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Russian pianist (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, French actor (b. )
 * -, actor (b. )

November-December

 * -, theologian and critic of  assassinated (b. )
 * -, American jazz singer (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, Japanese geneticist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, English actress (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, TV writer (b. )
 * -, New Zealand soldier, double winner (b. )
 * -, American (b. )
 * -, American serial killer (murdered in prison) (b. )
 * -, Great train robber (suicide) (b. )
 * -, Brazilian composer (b. )
 * -, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (b. )
 * -, American archaeologist (b. )
 * -, American filmmaker, author, editor and publisher (b. )
 * -, astronaut (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, American historian (b. )
 * -, British TV chef and restaurant critic (b. )

Right Livelihood Award

 * , SERVOL (Service Volunteered for All), H. Sudarshan / VGKK (Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra), /  (Movement for the Survival of the )