1994 - What happened in 1994 ?

January 1994

Monday 03:

An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkhutsk, Russia killing 125 including 1 on the ground

Friday 14:

President of the United States Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords which stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles to targets and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine.

Thursday 20:

In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet to attend The Citadel but soon drops out.

Friday 21:

Lorena Bobbitt is found not-guilty by reason of temporary insanity for severing the penis of her husband John Bobbitt.

Friday 28:

The first trial of accused murderer Lyle Menendez ends in a mistrial. He and his brother Erik are later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

February 1994

Tuesday 01:

In Portland, Oregon Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty for his role in attacking figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.

Saturday 05:

Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

Wednesday 09:

Peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina announced (so called Vance-Owen peace plan).

Saturday 12:

1994 Winter Olympics open in Lillehammer, Norway.

Tuesday 22:

Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.

March 1994

Friday 04:

Four terrorists are convicted for their roles in the World Trade Center bombing which killed six and injured more than a thousand.

Sunday 06:

Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.

Wednesday 23:

At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.

Monday 28:

In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.

Thursday 31:

The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull (see Human evolution).

April 1994

Monday 04:

Netscape Communications Corporation is founded (under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation") by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark.

Friday 08:

Body of Kurt Cobain discovered in his Washington home.

Monday 18:

Brian Lara scores 375 in one innings <!--sic--> of a test cricket match, beating Garfield Sobers's previous record of 365.

Thursday 21:

The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.

Wednesday 27:

South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens vote.

May 1994

Sunday 01:

Formula One driver Ayrton Senna is killed during the San Marino Grand Prix.

Wednesday 04:

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.

Thursday 05:

American Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore as punishment for spray-painting two cars.

Friday 06:

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand inaugurate the opening of the Channel Tunnel &ndash; a tunnel under the English Channel linking England and France for the first time since the end of the Great Ice Age.

Monday 09:

Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.

June 1994

Sunday 12:

German districts Röbel and Waren are merged to form Müritz

Tuesday 14:

The New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup over the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in Game 7, breaking a 54-year drought.

Wednesday 15:

Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations.

Thursday 16:

A Chinese operated Northwest Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes 10 minutes after takeoff killing 160

Friday 17:

Following a televised highway chase and a failed attempt at suicide, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

July 1994

Sunday 03:

Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in the World Cup.

Tuesday 05:

The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti.

Friday 15:

Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians caught with a corked bat.

Saturday 16:

1994 - The civil war in Rwanda comes to an end.

Monday 25:

Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration which formally ends the state of war that has existed between the nations since 1948.

August 1994

Tuesday 02:

Popular Japanese television and movie actor Beat Takeshi is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident.

Friday 12:

Major League Baseball players go on strike. The work stoppage will force the cancellation of the World Series.

Sunday 14:

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.

Wednesday 24:

Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.

Sunday 28:

First Japanese gay pride march.

September 1994

Thursday 08:

A Boeing 737 operating USAir Flight 427 carrying 132 people on board, crashes on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport. There are no survivors.

Monday 12:

Frank Eugene Corder crashes a Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West wing and killing himself.

Tuesday 13:

Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole.

Monday 19:

The pilot episode of the hit medical drama ER airs in the United States, on NBC.

Thursday 22:

Friends premieres on NBC.

October 1994

Monday 17:

Peace treaty between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.

Tuesday 25:

Kara Spears Hultgreen is killed when on final approach to the USS Abraham Lincoln in her F-14 Tomcat.

Wednesday 26:

Announcement of Andrew Wiles correct proof of Fermat's last theorem.

Saturday 29:

Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran was later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton).

Monday 31:

An American Eagle ATR-72 crashes in Roselawn, Indiana, after circling in icy weather, killing 64 passengers.

November 1994

Thursday 03:

Red Hat Linux 1.0 is released.

Wednesday 09:

Discovery of the chemical element Darmstadtium.

Saturday 19:

In Britain, the first National Lottery draw was held. A £1 ticket gives a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.

Sunday 20:

The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war (in 1995 localized fighting resumed).

Wednesday 30:

Hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur is robbed of $40,000 in jewelry and survives being shot five times in a New York music studio. He believes he was set up by The Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy.

December 1994

Thursday 08:

US President Bill Clinton signs a bill enacting United States participation in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

Sunday 11:

A small bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman.

Thursday 15:

Palau becomes a member of the UN.