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1994 (''' MCMXCIV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday of the Gregorian Calendar , and was designated the ''International year of the Family''.
Events
January
- (NAFTA) goes into effect. Zapatista Army Of National Liberation begins war in Chiapas , Mexico.
- is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding 's ex-husband.
- began his 437.7 day orbit, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit.
- government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Fein
- meets Presidents of Czech Republic , Slovakia , Hungary and Poland .
- Bill Clinton and Russia n 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 .
- , magnitude 6.7, hits the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles at 4:31 am.
- , Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet to attend The Citadel but soon drops out.
- on charges of mutilating her husband John.
- delivers his first State Of The Union address, calling for health care reform, a ban on assault weapons, and welfare reform.
- in Sydney , Australia .
- ends in a mistrial. He and his brother Erik are later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
- , the Dallas Cowboys hand the Buffalo Bills their fourth consecutive Super Bowl loss, 30-13.
- announces the purchase of Rover from British Aerospace
February
March
April
- n president Juvénal Habyarimana and president of Burundi Cyprien Ntaryamira died when a missile shoots down their jet near Kigali , Rwanda . This is taken as a pretext to begin the Rwandan Genocide
- begins in Kigali , Rwanda .
- , lead singer of Nirvana , is found dead in Seattle , Washington .
- decide to join the European Union in a referendum.
- is found guilty of ordering the execution of 7 Jews when he was serving in the Vichy France Milice
- estimates that hundreds of thousands of Tutsi have been killed in Rwanda
- dies.
- April 25 - End of term for Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu as 9th Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia .
- April 26 - Tuanku Jaafar Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman , Yang Di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan becomes the 10th Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia .
- April 26 - South Africa holds its first fully multiracial elections.
- declares a national state of mourning as Nixon's funeral is held.
- April 29 - Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello of Brazil , age 22, nearly dies in a high-speed, floating single-car crash in the practice session for the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola , Italy
- April 30 - Formula One driver Roland Ratzenberger of Austria , age 33, dies in a high-speed, single-car crash in the practice session for the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola , Italy
May
June
- June - i intelligence reports, that Qusay Hussein , Saddam Hussein 's son, is the key player in efforts by the Iraq i government to hide the country's alleged illegal weapons
- June 6 - 8 - Ceasefire negotiations for the Yugoslav War begin in Geneva - they agree to one-month cessation of hostilities (which does not last more than a few days)
- June 12 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California . O. J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.
- June 14 - Hacker Kevin Poulsen pleads guilty to seven counts of mail fraud, wire and computer fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.
- June 14 - The New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 3 in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals .
- June 15 - Israel and the Vatican establish full Diplomatic Relations
- June 17 - NFL star OJ Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in his white Ford Bronco . The low speed chase, which unfolds live on television, ends up at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California , where he then surrendered to police. Went on to create the quote of his famous glove, "If it doesn't fit, we must acquit." Spoken by Johnny Cochran
- June 24 - As Of 2004 the third highest grossing animated film of all-time, The Lion King , opens in theatres nationwide.
July
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August
September
October
November
December
Births
- Tanveer K. Atwal , American actress
- Flora Ogilvy , British heiress
- Jake Robel (murdered) (d. 2000 )
- January 5 - Sarah Burgess , American actress
- January 30 - Dylan Cash , American actor
- February 10 - Makenzie Vega , American actress
- February 14 - Paul Butcher Jr. , American actor
- February 23 - Dakota Fanning , American actress
- March 13 - Louis Spencer, Viscount Althorp
- March 30 - Cecilia Zhang , Canadian kidnapping victim
- April 10 - Liliana Mumy , American actress
- May 4 - Alexander Gould , American voice actor
- May 4 - Pauline Ducruet , Monaco heir
- May 24 - Cayden Boyd , American actor
- June 17 - Jiordan Anna Tolli , Australian actress
- June 28 - Sophia Lorentzen , British heiress
- July 9 - Akiane Kramarik , American child prodigy
- July 27 - Mafalda Of Bulgaria
- August 9 - Forrest Landis , American actor
- August 25 - Jetseta Gage , American kidnapping victim (d. 2005 )
- September 15 - Ashleigh Middleton , American actress
- September 19 - Alexander Etel , British actor
- September 22 - Danielle Van Dam , American murder victim (d. 2002 )
- October 9 - Jodelle Ferland , Canadian actress
- October 12 - Rolandito Salas
- November - Joel Homan , American actor
- November 11 - Connor Price , Canadian actor
- November 17 - Raquel Castro , American actress
- November 30 - Dylan Cash , American actor
- December 15 - Toby Linz , American actor
- December 29 - Princess Kako Of Akishino
Deaths
January
- January 1 - Arthur Espie Porritt , New Zealand politician and athlete (b. 1900 )
- January 5 - Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill , Speaker Of The U.S. House Of Representatives (b. 1912 )
- January 9 - Johnny Temple , baseball player (b. 1927 )
- January 15 - Harry Nilsson , American musician (b. 1941 )
- January 17 - Helen Stephens , American runner (b. 1918 )
- January 22 - Telly Savalas , American actor (b. 1924 )
- January 23 - Brian Redhead , British journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929 )
- January 25 - Stephen Cole Kleene , American mathematician (b. 1909 )
- January 27 - Claude Akins , American actor (b. 1914 )
- January 30 - Pierre Boulle , French author (b. 1912 )
February-April
- February 6 - Jack Kirby , American comic book writer and illustrator (b. 1917 )
- February 7 - Witold Lutosławski , Polish composer (b. 1913 )
- February 9 - Howard Martin Temin , American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1934 )
- February 11 - Sorrell Booke , American actor (b. 1930 )
- February 11 - William Conrad , American actor (b. 1920 )
- February 11 - Neil Bonnett , American race car driver (b. 1946 )
- February 14 - Andrei Chikatilo , Russian serial killer (executed) (b. 1936 )
- February 17 - Randy Shilts , American author and activist (b. 1951 )
- February 22 - Papa John Creech , American fiddler (b. 1917 )
- February 24 - Jean Sablon , French singer (b. 1906 )
- February 24 - Dinah Shore , American actress, and singer (b. 1916 )
- February 25 - Baruch Goldstein , American-born mass murderer (b. 1956 )
- February 25 - Jersey Joe Walcott , American boxer (b. 1914 )
- February 26 - Bill Hicks , American comedian (b. 1961 )
- March 4 - John Candy , Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1950 )
- March 22 - Walter Lantz , American cartoonist (b. 1899 )
- March 23 - Luis Donaldo Colosio , Mexican politician (b. 1950 )
- March 25 - Max Petitpierre , member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1899 )
- March 28 - Eugene Ionesco , Romanian-born playwright (b. 1909 )
- March 29 - Bill Travers , English actor and co-founder of the Born Free Foundation (b. 1922 )
- April 1 - Léon Degrelle , Belgian Nazi (b. 1906 )
- April 2 - Betty Furness , American actress, author, and consumer advocate (b. 1916 )
- April 5 - Kurt Cobain , American musician ( Nirvana ) (b. 1967 )
- April 6 - Juvénal Habyarimana , President Of Rwanda (b. 1937 )
- April 6 - Cyprien Ntaryamira , President Of Burundi (b. 1956 )
- April 7 - Albert Guðmundsson , Icelandic footballer and politician (b. 1923 )
- April 7 - Golo Mann , German historian (b. 1909 )
- April 10 - Sam B. Hall , American politician (b. 1924 )
- April 16 - Ralph Ellison , American writer (b. 1914 )
- April 17 - Roger Wolcott Sperry , American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1913 )
- April 22 - Richard Nixon , 37th President Of The United States (b. 1913 )
- April 30 - Roland Ratzenberger , Austrian race car driver (b. 1960 )
May-October
- May 1 - Ayrton Senna , Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960 )
- May 7 - Clement Greenberg , American art critic (b. 1909 )
- May 8 - George Peppard , American actor (b. 1928 )
- May 10 - John Wayne Gacy , American serial killer (executed) (b. 1942 )
- May 12 - John Smith , Scottish politician (b. 1938 )
- May 15 - Gilbert Roland , Mexican-born actor (b. 1905 )
- May 19 - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy , First Lady Of The United States (b. 1929 )
- May 21 - Johan Hendrik Weidner , Belgian World War II resistance fighter (b. 1912 )
- May 29 - Erich Honecker , leader of East Germany (b. 1912 )
- June 9 - Jan Tinbergen , Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903 )
- June 12 - Menachem Mendel Schneerson , the Lubavitcher Rebbe (b. 1902 )
- June 15 - Kristen Pfaff , American bassist ( Hole ) (b. 1967 )
- June 29 - Kurt Eichhorn , German conductor (b. 1908 )
- July 8 - Kim Il Sung , President Of North Korea (b. 1912 )
- July 11 - Gary Kildall , American computer inventor (b. 1942 )
- July 14 - César Tovar , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b. 1940 )
- July 29 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin , British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910 )
- August 13 - Elias Canetti , Bulgarian-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905 )
- August 18 - Richard Laurence Millington Synge , English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914 )
- August 19 - Linus Pauling , American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry and Peace (b. 1901 )
- September 6 - Nicky Hopkins , British musician (b. 1944 )
- September 11 - Jessica Tandy , English actress (b. 1909 )
- September 12 - Boris Yegorov , cosmonaut (b. 1937 )
- September 15 - Moana Pozzi , Italian porn actress (b. 1961 )
- September 30 - Andre Michael Lwoff , French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1902 )
- October 7 - Niels Kaj Jerne , English immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1911 )
- October 14 - Emil Gilels , Russian pianist (b. 1916 )
- October 19 - Martha Raye , American actress (b. 1916 )
- October 20 - Burt Lancaster , American actor (b. 1913 )
- October 21 - Benoît Régent , French actor (b. 1953 )
November-December
- November 12 - Wilma Rudolph , American athlete (b. 1940 )
- November 13 - Motoo Kimura , Japanese geneticist (b. 1924 )
- November 14 - Tom Villard , American actor (b. 1953 )
- November 16 - Doris Speed , English actress (b. 1899 )
- November 16 - Dino Valente , American musician (b. 1943 )
- November 28 - Jeffrey Dahmer , American serial killer (murdered) (b. 1960 )
- December 8 - Antonio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian composer (b. 1927 )
- December 10 - Alexander Wilson , Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (b. 1905 )
- December 11 - Philip Phillips , American archaeologist (b. 1900 ).
- December 11 - Carl Marzani , American political documentary filmmaker, author, editor and publisher (b. 1912 )
- December 12 - Stuart Roosa , astronaut (b. 1933 )
- December 23 - Sebastian Shaw , English actor (b. 1905 )
- December 24 - John Boswell , American historian (b. 1947 )
Nobel prizes
Fields Medalists
Templeton Prize
Right Livelihood Award
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