October 1994

Wednesday 12:

NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of Venus (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere either October 13 or October 14)

Monday 17:

Peace treaty between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.

Wednesday 19:

New Zealand's Goodnight Kiwi says good night for the last time.

Friday 21:

North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.

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.