Historical Events
- 200,000 Muslims demand the death of feminist writer Taslima Nasrin in Bangladesh
- 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
- Former Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi gets 8½ year jail sentence on corruption charges; he flees to Tunisia, never to return to Italy
- Henny Eman's Aruban People's Party wins parliamentary election in Aruba
- India army kills 27 Muslim militants
- Jesse Timmedequas rapes and murders Megan Kanka, 7 (results in Megan's Law)
Famous Weddings
David Gilmour
British "Pink Floyd" guitarist David Gilmour (48) marries 2nd wife, British writer Polly Samson (32)
Famous Deaths
Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994)
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]
- Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68
- James Herman Barrett Jr, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel killed by anti-abortion extremist Paul Hill at 74
- John Bayard Britton, American doctor who performed abortions, and killed by anti-abortion extremist Paul Hill, in Pensacola, Florida
Died in 1994 1994 Highlights
About July 29, 1994
Day of the Week: Friday
How Long Ago? 29 years, 8 months and 30 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Sign: Leo
Music Charts
#1 Song: I Swear - All-4-One
#1 Song: Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
