The Budapest Memorandum is signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary. Date: December 5, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 5 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sony releases the PlayStation game console in Japan. Date: December 3, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung. Date: December 3, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3…
A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight. Date: November 22, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 22 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅…
The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.) Date: November 20, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers. Date: November 19, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high. Date: November 15, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. Date: November 13, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered. Date: November 9, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of Congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally), thus bringing to a close four decades of Democratic domination. Date: November 8, 1994 Read more on…