1994

1994 in othercalendars
Gregorian calendar	1994; MCMXCIV
Ab urbe condita	2747
Armenian calendar	1443; ԹՎ ՌՆԽԳ
Assyrian calendar	6744
Bahá'í calendar	150–151
Balinese saka calendar	1915–1916
Bengali calendar	1401
Berber calendar	2944
British Regnal year	42Eliz. 2– 43Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2538
Burmese calendar	1356
Byzantine calendar	7502–7503
Chinese calendar	Quý dậuNiên(WaterRooster); 4690 or 4630; — to —; Giáp tuất niên(WoodDog); 4691 or 4631
Coptic calendar	1710–1711
Discordian calendar	3160
Ethiopian calendar	1986–1987
Hebrew calendar	5754–5755
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	2050–2051
-Shaka Samvat	1915–1916
-Kali Yuga	5094–5095
Holocene calendar	11994
Igbo calendar	994–995
Iranian calendar	1372–1373
Islamic calendar	1414–1415
Japanese calendar	Heisei6; ( bình thành ６ niên )
Javanese calendar	1926–1927
Juche calendar	83
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4327
Minguo calendar	ROC83; Dân quốc 83 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	526
Thai solar calendar	2537
Tibetan calendar	Âm thủy kê niên; (female Water-Rooster); 2120 or 1739 or 967; — to —; Dương mộc cẩu niên; (male Wood-Dog); 2121 or 1740 or 968
Unix time	757382400 – 788918399

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century–20th century–21st century
Decades:	1960s1970s1980s–1990s–2000s2010s2020s
Years:	199119921993–1994–199519961997

1994(MCMXCIV) was acommon year starting on Saturdayof theGregorian calendar,the 1994th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 994th year of the2nd millennium,the 94th year of the20th century,and the 5th year of the1990sdecade.

Births

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 13–Stinna Kaastrup,Danishpara-equestrian
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
December 18- Radu Adrian Eremia, guitarist (Jack of all Trades)

Deaths

January

January 1–Cesar Romero,Cuban-American actor (b.1907)
January 2–Dixy Lee Ray,American politician andGovernor of Washington(b.1917)
January 5–Tip O'Neill,American politician (b.1912)
January 15–Harry Nilsson,American musician (b.1941)
January 17–Chung Il-Kwon,Prime Minister of South Korea(b.1917)
January 20–Matt Busby,Scottish football manager (b.1909)
January 22–Telly Savalas,American actor (b.1922)
January 27–Claude Akins,American actor (b.1926)
January 28–Hal Smith,American actor (b.1916)

February

February 6–Joseph Cotten,American actor (b.1905)
February 9–Howard Martin Temin,American geneticist (b.1934)
February 11–Sorrell Booke,American actor (b.1930)
February 11–William Conrad,American actor (b.1920)
February 14–Andrei Chikatilo,Russian serial killer (b.1936)
February 24–Dinah Shore,American actress and singer (b.1916)
February 26–Bill Hicks,American comedian (b.1961)

March

March 2–Anita Morris,American actress and singer (b.1943)
March 4–John Candy,Canadian comedian and actor (b.1950)
March 6–Melina Mercouri,Greek singer, actress and politician (b.1920)
March 13–Danny Barker,American jazz musician (b.1909)
March 17–Mai Zetterling,Swedish actress and director (b.1925)
March 23–Giulietta Masina,Italian actress (b.1921)

April

April 1–Robert Doisneau,French photographer (b.1912)
April 5–Kurt Cobain,American musician (Nirvana) (b.1967)
April 6–Juvénal Habyarimana,President ofRwanda(b.1937)
April 6–Cyprien Ntaryamira,President ofBurundi(b.1956)
April 15–John Curry,British ice skater (b.1949)
April 16–Ralph Ellison,American writer (b.1934)
April 18–Ruggero Orlando,Italian author (b.1907)
April 22–Richard Nixon,37thPresident of the United States(b.1913)
April 30–Roland Ratzenberger,Austrian race car driver (b.1960)

May

May 1–Ayrton Senna,Brazilian race car driver (b.1960)
May 8–George Peppard,American actor (b.1928)
May 10–John Wayne Gacy,American serial killer (executed) (b.1942)
May 12–John Smith,British politician (b.1938)
May 19–Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,First Lady of the United States(b.1929)
May 29–Erich Honecker,East German leader (b.1912)

June

June 2–Henry Mancini,American composer (b.1924)
June 5-Mario Recordón,Chilean architect (b.1922)
June 9–Jan Tinbergen,Dutch economist (b.1903)
June 12–Nicole Brown Simpson,American murder victim (b.1959)
June 29–Kurt Eichhorn,German conductor (b.1908)
June 29–Jack Unterweger,Austrian murderer (b.1950)

October

October 2–Harriet Nelson,American actress (b.1909)
October 3–Heinz Rühmann,German actor (b.1920)
October 7–Niels Kaj Jerne,Danish immunologist (b.1911)
October 19–Martha Raye,American actress and comedian (b.1916)
October 20–Burt Lancaster,American actor (b.1913)
October 24–Raul Julia,Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b.1940)
October 25–Mildred Natwick,American actress (b.1905)

November

November 4–Sam Francis,American painter (b.1923)
November 11–Pedro Zamora,American AIDS activist (b.1972)
November 11–John A. Volpe,2ndUnited States Secretary of Transportation(b.1908)
November 12–Wilma Rudolph,American athlete (b.1940)
November 13–Motoo Kimura,Japanese geneticist (b.1924)
November 18–Cab Calloway,American jazz singer and bandleader (b.1908)
November 28–Jeffrey Dahmer,American serial killer (b.1960)

December

December 12–Stuart Roosa,American astronaut (b.1933)
December 20–Dean Rusk,54thUnited States Secretary of State(b.1909)
December 25–Zail Singh,President of India(b.1916)
December 27–Fanny Craddock,British cookery writer and television presenter (b.1909)
December 31–Bruno Pezzey,Austrian footballer (b.1955)

Events

January 1–North American Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) goes into effect
January 6–Nancy Kerriganisclubbed on the right legby an assailant under orders from figure skating rivalTonya Harding.
January 11–Irishgovernment announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on theIRAand its political armSinn Féin
January 14–U.S. President Bill ClintonandRussianPresidentBoris Yeltsinsign theKremlin accordswhich stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles to targets and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal inUkraine.
January 17–1994 Northridge Earthquake,magnitude 6.7, hits the San Fernando Valley ofLos Angelesat 4:31 am.
January 20– InSouth Carolina,Shannon Faulknerbecomes the first female cadet to attendThe Citadelbut soon drops out.
January 26– A man fires two blank shots atCharles, Prince of WalesinSydney,Australia.
January 28– The first trial of accused murdererLyle Menendezends 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 manufacturerBMWannounces the purchase ofRoverfromBritish Aerospace
February 6— American pop rock bandMaroon 5formed (as Kara'a Flowers)
April 7– TheRwandan Genocidebegins.
April 8–Kurt Cobain,lead singer ofNirvana,is found dead inSeattle,Washington.He had committed suicide three days earlier.
April 19–The Offspringreleases 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 Africaholds its first multiracial elections after the end ofApartheid.
April 30– Racing driverRoland Ratzenbergeris killed in a crash during practice for the San Marino Grand Prix.
May 1– Racing driverAyrton Sennais killed in a crash at theSan MarinoGrand Prix.
May 6– TheChannel Tunnel,linking theUnited KingdomandFrance,is opened.
May 10–Nelson Mandelabecomes President ofSouth Africa.
June 12–Nicole Brown SimpsonandRonald Goldmanare found dead.O.J. Simpsonis found not guilty of their murders the following year.
July 3– A replicaMona Lisais smashed on the floor of theLouvreby an English tourist, prompting international outcry.
mid-July–Jupiteris hit by fragments from thecometShoemaker-Levy 9.
August 12–Woodstock '94happens.
August 31– TheRussianarmy leavesEstonia.
September 28– TheCar Ferry Estoniasinks in theBaltic Sea.
October 1–Palaubecomes an independent state in association with theUSA.
October 14– A popularQuentin TarantinomoviePulp Fictionwas released in theaters, starringSamuel L. Jackson,John Travolta,Uma Thurman,Harvey KeitelandBruce Willis.
November 5–President Ronald Reaganannounces that he hasAlzheimer's diseasein order to raise public awareness of the disease.
November 13–Swedishvoters support entry into theEU.
November 28–Norwegianvoters reject membership of theEU.
December 1–Ernesto ZedillobecomesPresidentofMexico.
December 26– French anti-terrorist police storm a jet plane inMarseille,freeing all the hostages and killing 4 terrorists.
December 31– This date is skipped in parts ofKiribati,as theInternational Date Lineis shifted to the east of thePhoenix Islandsand theLine Islands,in order to integrate the whole country.

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