Major Events
- Mar 12 The Church of England ordains its first 32 female priests at the Bristol Cathedral in Bristol, England [1]
- Apr 6 Plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations and sparking the Rwandan Genocide. Those responsible have never been identified.
- Apr 22 7,000 Tutsi slaughtered by Hutus in the stadium at Kibuye, Rwanda
- May 10 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president
- Jun 29 US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees
- Jul 5 Amazon.com founded in Bellevue, Washington by Jeff Bezos
- Aug 31 The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Sinn Féin) declares a ceasefire in Northern Ireland
- Sep 24 National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar
- Nov 9 Darmstadtium, Chemical element 110, discovered at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research near Darmstadt, Germany
- Nov 14 1st public trains run through the Channel Tunnel linking England and France under the English Channel
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1994 in Film & TV
- May 12 "Pulp Fiction", directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson premieres at the Cannes Film Festival (Palme d'Or 1994)
- Sep 22 "Friends" TV sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman debuts on NBC, starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer
1994 in Music
- Jun 27 Aerosmith become first major band to let fans download a full new track free from the internet
- Aug 23 Jeff Buckley releases his album "Grace", featuring his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
- Nov 29 "My Life" second studio album by Mary J. Blige is released (Billboard Music Award Top R&B Album 1995)
- Nov 30 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at the BBC", is released in Britain
1994 in Sport
- Jan 30 Kapil Dev takes 2/41 as India beats Sri Lanka by an innings and 95 runs in 2nd Cricket Test in Bengaluru; equals Sir Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets
- Mar 29 Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys
Joseph Quinn
Charlie Heaton
Dakota Fanning
Saoirse Ronan
Harry Styles
Ava Max
Justin Bieber
Bad Bunny
Lil Baby
Derrick Henry
Breanna Stewart
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Yuzuru Hanyu
Raheem Sterling
Adam PeatyMore People Born in 1994
Fun Fact About 1994
This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC-11 to UTC+13 and UTC-10 to UTC+14, respectively.
Juvénal Habyarimana
Richard Nixon
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Kim Il-sung
Linus Pauling
Jeffrey Dahmer
Cesar Romero
Dinah Shore
John Candy
Jessica Tandy
Burt Lancaster
Woody Strode
Harry Nilsson
Kurt Cobain
Henry Mancini
Elizabeth Maconchy
Cab Calloway
Ayrton Senna
Lew Hoad
Jean Borotra
Vitas GerulaitisMore 1994 Deaths
Articles About 1994
Rwandan Genocide
Skulls of genocide victims at the Nyamata Memorial Site in RwandaApril 7
Richard Nixon, The Only US President to Resign
Richard Nixon became the only US President ever to resign from office, brought down by scandal over the Watergate office break-in and its attempted cover-up.April 22
Latest Wonder of the World
Often referred to as "the Chunnel", the 31-mile undersea tunnel linking England to France has been hailed as one of the "seven wonders of the modern world".May 6
Famous Weddings in 1994
- Jan 1 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
- Jan 28 American actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds American actor Edward James Olmos (46); divorce in 2002
- Feb 3 Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
Famous Divorces in 1994
- Jan 14 Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas
- Jan 29 Actor Bill Murray (43) divorces Margaret Kelly after 13 years of marriage
- Mar 24 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. divorces Emily Black
More 1994 Weddings
Jessica Lange
John Paul II
Tom Hanks
Whitney Houston
Bill Clinton
Boris Yeltsin
François Mitterrand
Helmut Kohl
Jiang Zemin
John Major