November 1994

Tuesday 01:

The Chijon Family is sentenced to death in South Korea for murdering and eating five people.

Thursday 03:

Red Hat Linux 1.0 is released.

Saturday 05:

Forty-five year old George Foreman becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he knocks out Michael Moorer.

Tuesday 08:

For the first time in 40 years the United States Republican Party takes control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in midterm congressional elections.

Wednesday 09:

Discovery of the chemical element Darmstadtium.

Sunday 13:

Voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union in a referendum.

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).

Friday 25:

Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the floundering company.

Monday 28:

In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by a deranged inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institute gymnasium.

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.