1994 in the United States

Events from the year 1994 in the United States.

1994
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
See also:

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January

February

March

April

April 22: Former President Richard Nixon dies at 81.
  • April 7 – A deadheading Federal Express flight engineer attempts to hijack and intentionally crash Federal Express Flight 705, a cargo flight from Memphis, Tennessee to San Jose, California.[7] The attempt is unsuccessful, resulting in severe injuries to the attempted hijacker and the 3 other pilots on board. The aircraft makes a successful emergency return landing in Memphis.[8]
  • April 8 Kurt Cobain, songwriter and frontman for the band Nirvana, is found dead at his Lake Washington home. It would be later be confirmed that Cobain had committed suicide three days prior.[9]
  • April 14 The heads of the major tobacco industries testify before a House subcommittee where they infamously state that tobacco is not addictive.
  • April 16 – A gunman shoots many people during a robbery at a Popeyes restaurant. The gunman is arrested and executed in 2017. (1994 Popeyes shooting)
  • April 22 Former President Richard Nixon dies in New York City at 81. He is buried at his presidential library on April 26, following a state funeral.
  • April 25 The largest high school arson ever in the United States is started at Burnsville High School, in Burnsville, Minnesota, resulting in over 15 million dollars in damages. The same arsonist also goes on to set fires at Edina High School and Minnetonka High School.[10]

May

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July

August

  • August 3 Stephen Breyer is sworn in as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court.
  • August 12 Major League Baseball players go on strike. The strike eventually results in the cancellation of the World Series for the first time since 1904. The strike lasts until April 1995, making it the longest labor dispute in MLB history.
  • August 20 In Honolulu, Hawaii, during a circus international performance, an elephant named Tyke crushes her trainer Allen Campbell to death before hundreds of horrified spectators at the Neal Blaisdell Arena.
  • August 23 Eugene Bullard is posthumously commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, 33 years after his death, and 77 years to the day after his rejection for U.S. military service in 1917.

September

October

November

November 8: Republicans gain control of Congress (Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich pictured)

December

Ongoing

Undated

  • Rani Spas, a multi-channel Ayurvedic spa and retail product company is founded.[19]

Sport

Births

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September

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Deaths

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See also

References

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  2. "Green Day's Dookie: 15 Years Later, Still A Genuine Punk Classic". MTV. 2009-05-13. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  3. "Leslie Aspin". history.defense.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  4. "William J. Perry". history.defense.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  5. "Ari Halberstam Memorial Site". Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. "Woman Held in Perris Is Suspect in Series of Killings". Los Angeles Times. March 18, 1994.
  7. Garland, Max. "25 years ago, Federal Express Flight 705 was business as usual — until a hijacking attempt". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  8. "Federal Express crew attacked aboard DC-10". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  9. "On This Day 1994: Rock musician Kurt Cobain 'shoots himself'". BBC News. 8 April 1994. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  10. "Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, Chicago December 1, 1958 - 2000 Essay Contest 3rd Place". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  11. "Death of a First Lady; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Dies of Cancer at 64". The New York Times.
  12. Edsall, Thomas B. (1994-05-25). "GOP GAINS HOUSE SEAT NATCHER HELD". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  13. "Mass murderer killed in prison". The Independent. 29 November 1994. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  14. "Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, Is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison". The New York Times. 29 November 1994. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  15. "Inmate attacked with Dahmer dies from trauma | Jet | Find Articles at BNET". Archived from the original on 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  16. "Subway Bombing of 1994". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  17. Kevin Poulsen (January 21, 2000). "The case of the kung fu 'phreak'". ZDNet. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  18. Zenko, Micah (3 August 2010). Between Threats and War: U.S. Discrete Military Operations in the Post-Cold War World. Stanford University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8047-7190-0.
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  20. "Makenzie Jade Vega Norfolk (@makenzievega) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
  21. "Alexandra Raisman". Team USA. Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  22. "Nat Wolff Biography". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  23. Flint, Peter B. (February 7, 1994). "Joseph Cotten, 88, Is Dead; Actor on Stage and in Films". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  24. Harris M. Lentz (1994). Obituaries in the Performing Arts. McFarland & Company. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7864-0254-0.
  25. Harris M. Lentz (1994). Obituaries in the Performing Arts. McFarland & Company. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-7864-0254-0.
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