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1994
(
MCMXCIV
)
was a
common year
starting on Saturday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 1994th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 994th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 94th year of the
20th century
, and the 5th year of the
1990s
decade.
- January 21
?
Laura Robson
, British tennis player
- February 14
?
Paul Butcher
, American actor
- February 14
?
Allie Grant
, American actress
- February 23
?
Dakota Fanning
, American actress
- February 27
?
Hou Yifan
, Chinese chess player
- March 1
?
Justin Bieber
, Canadian singer
- March 5
?
Aislinn Paul
, Canadian actress
- March 8
?
Dylan Tombides
, Australian footballer (d. 2014)
- March 12
?
Christina Grimmie
, American singer-songwriter
- March 13
?
Mohammad Siraj
, Indian cricketer
- March 30
?
Jetro Willems
, Dutch footballer
- April 11
?
Dakota Blue Richards
, British actress
- April 12
?
Saoirse Ronan
, Irish actress
- May 21
?
Tom Daley
, British diver
- July 16
?
Mark Indelicato
, American actor
- July 31
?
Lil Uzi Vert
, American rapper
- September 1
?
Bianca Ryan
, American singer
- October 9
?
Jodelle Ferland
, Canadian actress
- November 17
?
Raquel Castro
, American singer and actress
- December 6
?
Giannis Antetokounmpo
, Greek basketball player
- December 8
?
Raheem Sterling
, English footballer
- December 14
?
Kuldeep Yadav
, Indian cricketer
- January 1
?
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) goes into effect
- January 6
?
Nancy Kerrigan
is
clubbed on the right leg
by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival
Tonya Harding
.
- January 11
?
Irish
government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the
IRA
and its political arm
Sinn Fein
- January 14
?
U.S. President
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
.
- January 17
?
1994 Northridge Earthquake
, magnitude 6.7, hits the San Fernando Valley of
Los Angeles
at 4:31 am.
- January 20
? In
South Carolina
,
Shannon Faulkner
becomes the first female cadet to attend
The Citadel
but soon drops out.
- January 26
? A man fires two blank shots at
Charles, Prince of Wales
in
Sydney
,
Australia
.
- January 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.
- January 31
? German luxury car manufacturer
BMW
announces the purchase of
Rover
from
British Aerospace
- February 6
? American pop rock band
Maroon 5
formed (as Kara'a Flowers)
- April 7
? The
Rwandan Genocide
begins.
- April 8
?
Kurt Cobain
, lead singer of
Nirvana
, is found dead in
Seattle
,
Washington
. He had committed suicide three days earlier.
- April 19
?
The Offspring
releases their third album,
Smash
, which would be one of the band's top selling albums sold in the entire world. It contains their best known hit singles, "
Come Out and Play
(Keep 'Em Separated)" and "Self Esteem".
- April 27
?
South Africa
holds its first multiracial elections after the end of
Apartheid
.
- April 30
? Racing driver
Roland Ratzenberger
is killed in a crash during practice for the San Marino Grand Prix.
- May 1
? Racing driver
Ayrton Senna
is killed in a crash at the
San Marino
Grand Prix.
- May 6
? The
Channel Tunnel
, linking the
United Kingdom
and
France
, is opened.
- May 10
?
Nelson Mandela
becomes President of
South Africa
.
- June 12
?
Nicole Brown Simpson
and
Ronald Goldman
are found dead.
O.J. Simpson
is found not guilty of their murders the following year.
- July 3
? A replica
Mona Lisa
is smashed on the floor of the
Louvre
by an English tourist, prompting international outcry.
- mid-
July
?
Jupiter
is hit by fragments from the
comet
Shoemaker-Levy 9.
- August 12
?
Woodstock '94
happens.
- August 31
? The
Russian
army leaves
Estonia
.
- September 28
? The
Car Ferry Estonia
sinks in the
Baltic Sea
.
- October 1
?
Palau
becomes an independent state in association with the
USA
.
- October 14
? A popular
Quentin Tarantino
movie
Pulp Fiction
was released in theaters, starring
Samuel L. Jackson
,
John Travolta
,
Uma Thurman
,
Harvey Keitel
and
Bruce Willis
.
- November 5
?
President Ronald Reagan
announces that he has
Alzheimer's disease
in order to raise public awareness of the disease.
- November 13
?
Swedish
voters support entry into the
EU
.
- November 28
?
Norwegian
voters reject membership of the
EU
.
- December 1
?
Ernesto Zedillo
becomes
President
of
Mexico
.
- December 26
? French anti-terrorist police storm a jet plane in
Marseille
, freeing all the hostages and killing 4 terrorists.
- December 31
? This date is skipped in parts of
Kiribati
, as the
International Date Line
is shifted to the east of the
Phoenix Islands
and the
Line Islands
, in order to integrate the whole country.
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