January 1994

Saturday 01:

The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.

Monday 03:

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

Thursday 06:

Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding.

Saturday 08:

Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He will stay on the space station till March 22, 1995 for a record 437 days in space.

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.

Monday 17:

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs in Northridge, California see 1994_Northridge_Earthquake

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.

Wednesday 26:

A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.

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.

Sunday 30:

The Dallas Cowboys win their fourth Super Bowl title, 30-13 over the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVIII.