What Happened in July 1994

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 110

  • Jul 1 Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed)
  • Jul 1 Roman Herzog sworn in as German president
  • Jul 1 Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-19 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
  • Jul 1 Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip
  • Jul 2 John Wayne Bobbitt & Kristina Elliot arrested for domestic battery
  • Jul 2 Middlesex cricket seam bowler Richard Johnson takes all 10 Derbyshire wickets for 45 runs at the County Ground in Derby
  • Jul 2 US Air DC-9 crash in North Carolina, 37 killed

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Conchita Martínez of Spain upsets Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for her only Grand Slam title

  • Jul 3 FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
  • Jul 3 The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people killed in crashes.
  • Jul 3 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Pinehurst Resort: South African Simon Hobday wins by 1 stroke from Graham Marsh of Australia and Jim Albus

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras successfully defends title against Goran Ivanišević of Croatia 7-6, 7-6, 6-0

  • Jul 4 FIFA World Cup: A Bebeto strike saves Brazil from embarrassment, beat USA 1-0 at Stanford
  • Jul 4 Rwandese Patriotic Front occupies Kigali
  • Jul 5 "Cracked Rear View" debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish is released

Event of Interest

Jul 5 Amazon.com founded in Bellevue, Washington by Jeff Bezos

  • Jul 5 The United States announces it will no longer accept unrestricted immigration from Haiti

Forrest Gump

Jul 6 "Forrest Gump", directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Gary Sinise, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1995)

  • Jul 6 CFL American expansion Shreveport Pirates lose game, 40-10 at the Ottawa Rough Riders; fold 1995
  • Jul 6 Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77)
  • Jul 6 Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85)
  • Jul 7 North Yemenite troops occupy Aden

Sports History

Jul 8 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O.J. Simpson

  • Jul 8 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
  • Jul 8 Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
  • Jul 8 St Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1½ years
  • Jul 9 11,000th HR in NY Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
  • Jul 9 Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-18 lands after successful trip to Mir spacestation
  • Jul 9 Sonia O'Sullivan runs world record 2k (5:25.36)
  • Jul 10 Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasadkoirala resigns

Music History

Jul 10 Revival of Henrik Ibsen's stage drama "Hedda Gabler", starring Kelly McGillis, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances

  • Jul 10 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female world record 2K (5:25.36)
  • Jul 11 Suriname guilder devalued to 1USD = SG180 during a period of high inflation
  • Jul 12 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
  • Jul 12 All Star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)
  • Jul 12 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins
  • Jul 13 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing

Sports History

Jul 13 Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years in prison for attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan

  • Jul 14 Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed
  • Jul 15 Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary

Rwandan Genocide

Jul 15 Hundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire in the Congo near the end of the Rwandan Genocide

  • Jul 15 Israel and Jordan agree to talks in Washington, D.C. on July 25th
  • Jul 15 NJ Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit
  • Jul 15 Sonia O'Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)

The Three Tenors

Jul 16 "The Three Tenors" Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, perform with Los Angeles Philharmonic and chorus of the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by Zubin Mehta at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California; an estimated 1.3 billion viewers wathc worldwide broadcast

  • Jul 16 Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
  • Jul 16 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1st collides with Jupiter (collisions continue until 22 July)
  • Jul 16 Shreveport Pirates lose first CFL home game, 35-34 to the Toronto Argonauts at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana
  • Jul 16 Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights

The Sisters Rosensweig

Jul 16 Wendy Wasserstein's stage play "The Sisters Rosensweig", starring Madeline Kahn, closes at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, after 556 performances

British Golf Open

Jul 17 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Nick Price of Zimbabwe claims the second of his 3 major titles and only Claret Jug; wins by 1 stroke from Jesper Parnevik of Sweden

  • Jul 17 FIFA World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Brazil beats Italy 3-2 on penalties; 0-0 after extra time
  • Jul 17 French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche

Music History

Jul 18 "Kiss From a Rose" released by Seal (Grammy Record of the Year and Song of the Year)

  • Jul 18 Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
  • Jul 18 Comet Shoemaker-Levy's largest collision with Jupiter leaves black spot 12,000 km across
  • Jul 18 Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
  • Jul 18 Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
  • Jul 18 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
  • Jul 18 NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
  • Jul 19 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles)
  • Jul 19 Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon Panama, 21 killed
  • Jul 19 Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president

Event of Interest

Jul 20 Alexander Lukashenko is inaugurated as the first president of Belarus

  • Jul 20 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller
  • Jul 20 Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd)

Event of Interest

Jul 20 Supreme Leader of North-Korea, Kim Il-sung is placed in a public Mausoleum at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

Election of Interest

Jul 21 Tony Blair is declared the winner of the leadership election of the British Labour Party, paving the way for him to become Prime Minister in 1997

  • Jul 22 23rd & last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (since July 16th)
  • Jul 22 Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" of murder
  • Jul 22 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired
  • Jul 22 Military coup in Gambia: President Dawda Jawara flees
  • Jul 22 MLB pitcher Doc Gooden admitted to enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation
  • Jul 22 William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53)
  • Jul 23 All 40,000 ceiling tiles in Kingdome must be replaced

Music History

Jul 23 American dancer, actor, and director Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke

  • Jul 23 Amy Osmond of Utah, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss

Senior Open Championship

Jul 23 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: American Tom Wargo wins by 2 strokes from Bob Charles and Doug Dalziel

Sports History

Jul 23 Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits

  • Jul 23 Goodwill Games III open in St Petersburg, Russia
  • Jul 23 Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC
  • Jul 23 Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 mins
  • Jul 24 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
  • Jul 24 Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC) forms
  • Jul 24 Bodo kills 37 Muslims in Bashbari NE India

Federation Cup

Jul 24 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain retains title with 3-0 win over US; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-1 win over Lindsay Davenport

Tour de France

Jul 24 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 4th consecutive Tour, 5' 39" ahead of Piotr Ugrumov; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Patty Sheehan wins her second title in 3 years, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tammie Green; 5th of her 6 major titles

  • Jul 25 Jordan and Israeli end 46 year state of war (Washington, D.C.)
  • Jul 26 Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13
  • Jul 26 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed
  • Jul 28 Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
  • Jul 28 Last steel beam is placed on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio
  • Jul 28 Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels
  • Jul 29 200,000 Muslims demand the death of feminist writer Taslima Nasrin in Bangladesh
  • Jul 29 American minister and anti-abortionist Paul Jennings Hill murders Dr. John Britton and Britton's bodyguard, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Barrett, outside of an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Florida
  • Jul 29 Former Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi gets 8½ year jail sentence on corruption charges; he flees to Tunisia, never to return to Italy
  • Jul 29 Henny Eman's Aruban People's Party wins parliamentary election in Aruba
  • Jul 29 India army kills 27 Muslim militants
1994 History

Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 2 Fallon Sherrock, English professional darts player (1st woman to reach last 16 in a major tournament), born in Milton Keynes, England
  • Jul 5 Shohei Ohtani, Japanese baseball pitcher, DH, outfielder (5 × NPB All-Star; Pacific League MVP 2016, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters; 2nd to reach 500 Ks & 100 HR, LA Angels, LA Dodgers [record 10-year $700m deal]), born in Ōshū, Iwate, Japan
  • Jul 6 Rebecca Rosso and Camilla Rosso, British actresses
  • Jul 13 Ridge Canipe, American actor (Walk the Line; A Single Man; Music Within), born in Laguna Beach, California
  • Jul 16 Mark Indelicato, American singer and actor (Ugly Betty), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Jul 17 Kali Uchis, Colombian-American singer-songwriter ("Get You"), born in Alexandria, Virginia
  • Jul 17 Saba [Tahj Chandler], American rapper ("Care for Me"), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • Jul 18 Ricardo Dela Corte, Italian test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother
  • Jul 23 Kelvin Harrison Jr., American actor (Cyrano), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Jul 27 Boyan Slat, Dutch inventor, environmentalist, and entrepreneur (The Ocean Cleanup), born in Delft, Netherlands
  • Jul 27 Mafalda [Mafalda-Ceceilia von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha], English singer-songwriter and member of former Bulgarian royal family, born in London, England
  • Jul 27 Winnie Harlow [born Chantelle Brown-Young], Canadian model with vitiligo (America's Next Top Model), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • Jul 31 Lil Uzi Vert [Symere Woods], American rapper and songwriter (Love Is Rage 2; Eternal Atake), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Born in 1994

Famous Weddings

Billie Joe Armstrong

Jul 2 "Green Day" vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong (22) weds Adeline Records co-owner Adrienne Nesser (24)

Liam Neeson & Natasha Richardson

Jul 3 Actress Natasha Richardson (31) weds actor Liam Neeson (42) at a private ceremony in New York

  • Jul 10 American "Anthrax" heavy-metal guitarist Scott Ian (31) weds American Debbie Leavitt (23) in Huntington Beach, California; divorce in 2001

Howard Stern

Jul 10 American "Howard Stern Show" writer Fred Norris (39) weds Allison Furman

  • Jul 14 Princess Margaret's daughter Sarah Armstrong-Jones (30) weds ex-actor and fellow artist Daniel Chatto (37) at St. Stephen Walbrook Church in London

Anna Nicole Smith

Jul 16 Model Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds multi-millionaire J. Howard Marshall II (89)

  • Jul 18 "The Cranberries" lead singer Dolores O'Riordan (22) weds Don Burton (32) in Ireland; divorce in 2014

David Gilmour

Jul 29 British "Pink Floyd" guitarist David Gilmour (48) marries 2nd wife, British writer Polly Samson (32)

  • Jul 30 Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (49) weds Naomi Baka (35) in Maui, Hawaii

Famous Divorces

  • Jul 7 Actress Diane Lane files for divorce from Christopher Lambert

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 1 Johanna Ader-Appels, resistance fighter/author, dies
  • Jul 2 Andrés Escobar, Colombian soccer defender (51 caps, World Cup own goal vs US; SA Atlético Nacional), dies of a gunshot wound at 27
  • Jul 2 Marion Williams, American gospel singer (Stars of Faith), dies of diabetes at 66
  • Jul 2 Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69
  • Jul 2 Ralph Rinzler, American folklorist (Greenbriar Boys), dies at 59
  • Jul 3 Felix Kelly, New Zealand-born British artist, dies at 80

Lew Hoad (1934-1994)

Jul 3 Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1956-57, Australian C'ships 1956, French C'ships 1956)), dies of a heart attack at 59

  • Jul 3 Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85
  • Jul 4 Arthur Berry, English artist and playwright, dies at 69
  • Jul 4 Joey Marella, American professional wrestling referee (b. 1964)
  • Jul 4 Juan Gil-Albert, Spanish poet and writer, dies at 90
  • Jul 4 Liesbeth Struppert, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55
  • Jul 4 Rupert Davies, English methodist scholar, dies at 84
  • Jul 4 Tawfik Ziad, Palestinian communist/Israeli MP/mayor of Nazareth, dies
  • Jul 5 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party Asst Secretary of State, dies at 67
  • Jul 6 Cameron Mitchell, American actor (The High Chaparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
  • Jul 6 Geoffrey McQueen, TV writer, dies at 46
  • Jul 7 Anita Garvin, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Sailors Beware; Laurel and Hardy - Swiss Miss; Blotto; The Charlatan; Hats Off), dies at 88
  • Jul 7 Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924)
  • Jul 7 Rosa Chacel, spanish Novelist, dies at 96
  • Jul 8 Christian-Jaque [Christian Maudet], French film director (Fearless Little Soldier, Race for Life, The Pearls of the Crown), dies at 89
  • Jul 8 Dick Sargent [Richard Stanford Cox], American actor (Darren in "Bewitched"), dies of cancer at 64
  • Jul 8 Dominic Lucero, American dancer and singer, dies of lymphatic cancer at 26

Kim Il-sung (1912-1994)

Jul 8 Founder, dictator and Supreme Leader of North-Korea (1948-94), dies of a heart attack at 82

  • Jul 8 Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (b. 1927)
  • Jul 9 Bill Mosienko, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds 1952; 5-time All Star), dies at 72
  • Jul 9 Cornelius Boyson, American blues bassist, dies at 57
  • Jul 9 Sabby Lewis, American jazz pianist and arranger, dies at 79
  • Jul 10 Earl Strum, American NBA basketball referee, dies of brain cancer at 66
  • Jul 10 Henrik Blichmann, Danish swing jazz pianist, composer (92 Minutes of Yesterday), and orchestra leader, dies at 79
  • Jul 10 Otto Bonsema, Dutch soccer striker (6 caps; Velocitas 1897, GVAV) and manager (SC Heerenveen, GVAV, BV Veendam), dies at 84
  • Jul 11 Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
  • Jul 11 Bart Scheepens, actor/director, dies of AIDS at 50
  • Jul 11 Charles "Lefty" Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67

Gary Kildall (1942-1994)

Jul 11 American computer scientist and entrepreneur who created the CP/M operating system, dies at 52

  • Jul 11 James Topping, author of CP/M, dies at 52
  • Jul 11 Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer (Sun Ra Arkestra), dies at 57
  • Jul 11 Savannah [Shannon Michelle Wilsey], American pornographic film actress, dies after a suicide attempt at 23
  • Jul 11 Wim Jurg, corrector/chairman (Werelddambond FMJD), dies at 49
  • Jul 12 David Malcolm Lewis, English historian, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56
  • Jul 12 Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio and TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52
  • Jul 12 James Bysse Joll, British historian, dies at 76
  • Jul 13 Bob Payton, American pizza magnate (The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory), dies at 50
  • Jul 13 Eddie Boyd, American blues piano player, singer, and songwriter ("Five Long Years"), dies at 79
  • Jul 13 Jimmie Reese, American baseball infielder and coach (LA Angels Hall of Fame), dies of aspiration pneumonia and respiratory failure at 92
  • Jul 14 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 49
  • Jul 14 Robert Jungk, Austrian journalist and philosopher (Nuclear State), dies at 81
  • Jul 14 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 47
  • Jul 14 William D. Revelli, American bandleader, dies at 92
  • Jul 15 Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Dutch painter/illustrator, dies
  • Jul 16 Julian Schwinger, American physicist (1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for quantum electrodynamics), dies at 76
  • Jul 16 M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78
  • Jul 16 Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91

Jean Borotra (1898-1994)

Jul 17 French tennis player (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 95

  • Jul 17 Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguist and writer (Poedjangga Baroe), dies at 86
  • Jul 18 Gottfried Reinhardt [Goldmann], German/American director, dies at 83
  • Jul 19 Frederik "Frits" van der More, archaeologist/art historian, dies at 87
  • Jul 19 Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre Producer, dies at 81
  • Jul 19 Nathan Susskind, Slovak-American linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87
  • Jul 19 Nick Banton, founder of Body Positive, dies at 37
  • Jul 19 Ray Flaherty, American Pro Football Hall of Fame end (NFL C'ship 1934 NY Giants; First-team All-Pro 1928, 29, 32) and coach (NFL C'ship 1937, 42 Washington Redskins), dies at 90
  • Jul 19 Rudolf Firkušný, Moravian-American pianist (Julliard), dies at 82
  • Jul 20 Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 96
  • Jul 20 Reginald Hall, English endocrinologist, dies at 83
  • Jul 21 Dorothy Collins [Marjorie Chandler], Canadian-American singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
  • Jul 21 Hugh Scott, American lawyer and politician (Senate Minority Leader 1969-77), dies at 93
  • Jul 21 John Ernest, American constructionist artist, dies at 72
  • Jul 23 Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80
  • Jul 23 Hans J. Salter, Austrian-American film composer (The Wolf Man; Christmas Holiday; This Love Of Ours), dies at 98
  • Jul 23 Henry William Collins, English artist, dies at 84
  • Jul 24 Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82
  • Jul 24 Wangila Napunyi, Kenyan welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1988), dies after a boxing match at 26
  • Jul 25 John M Dengler, American jazz multi-instrumentalist - bass sax/trumpet/trombone (The Intensely Vigorous Jazz Band), dies from cancer at 67 [1]
  • Jul 26 Marino Iandiorio, Italian canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64
  • Jul 26 Owen "Terry" Scott, British actor and comedian (Terry and June, Carry On Films), dies of cancer at 67
  • Jul 26 Thomas Davis, US movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26
  • Jul 27 Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner (member of the Bang-Bang Club), commits suicide at 33
  • Jul 27 Rosa Chacel, Spanish author, dies at 96
  • Jul 27 Tatiana Tauer, Russian classical harpist, dies of cancer at 48
  • Jul 28 Bernard Delfont, Russian-British impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84
  • Jul 28 Colin Turnbull, British-American anthropologist (The Forest People), dies at 69
  • Jul 28 Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), dies after a stroke at 80
  • Jul 28 Selwyn Powell, British magazine editor (The Geographical Magazine; Night & Day), dies at 82

Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994)

Jul 29 British biochemist who developed protein crystallography to study molecular structure, including that of vitamin B12 (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964), dies of a stroke at 84 [1]

  • Jul 29 Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68
  • Jul 29 James Herman Barrett Jr, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel killed by anti-abortion extremist Paul Hill at 74
  • Jul 29 John Bayard Britton, American doctor who performed abortions, and killed by anti-abortion extremist Paul Hill, in Pensacola, Florida
  • Jul 30 Enid Balint-Edmonds, British psychoanalyst, dies at 90
  • Jul 30 Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter, dies at 73
  • Jul 30 Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80
  • Jul 31 Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66
  • Jul 31 Caitlin Thomas (née Macnamara), British author (Leftover Life to Kill) and the wife of the poet and writer Dylan Thomas, dies at 80
  • Jul 31 G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies
  • Jul 31 Pieter C. Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92