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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 1994.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on February 1994: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1994?


Events

  • 01 Feb 1994 Irina Privalova runs world record 50 metre indoor (6.03 seconds).
  • 03 Feb 1994 Les Miserables, opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
  • 04 Feb 1994 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
  • 05 Feb 1994 Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego, debuts on Fox TV
  • 06 Feb 1994 Government Inspector closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
  • 07 Feb 1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
  • 08 Feb 1994 Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car
  • 09 Feb 1994 Edvard Munch's painting ampquotThe Screamampquot is stolen in Oslo (and is recovered on May 7).
  • 11 Feb 1994 Sorrell Booke, American actor (Mayor Boss Hogg - Dukes of Hazzard), dies at age 64 (born 1930).
  • 12 Feb 1994 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway
  • 13 Feb 1994 44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • 14 Feb 1994 Alexander Golubev skates Olympics record 500 metre (36.33).
  • 15 Feb 1994 US asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti.
  • 16 Feb 1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
  • 17 Feb 1994 Randy Shilts, American journalist (And the band played on), dies of AIDS at age 41 (born 1951).
  • 18 Feb 1994 Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard
  • 20 Feb 1994 Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals.
  • 22 Feb 1994 Les Miserables, opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya
  • 23 Feb 1994 A US District Court rules that Microsoft violated patents held by Stac Electronics, in data compression used in Microsoft's DoubleSpace in DOS 6. Microsoft is ordered to remove or replace the technology, and pay US$120 million in damages. The court also finds that Stac illegally used access to Microsoft's trade secrets to make Stacker compatible with DOS 6.0. Microsoft is awarded US$13.6 million in damages.
  • 24 Feb 1994 In Gloucester, local police begin excavations at 25 Cromwell Street, the home of Fred West, a suspect in multiple murders. On February 28, he and his wife are arrested.
  • 25 Feb 1994 Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein massacres 30 Palestinians in Hebron
  • 26 Feb 1994 Actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg in Stockholm
  • 27 Feb 1994 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway
  • 28 Feb 1994 100 agents raid Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas
  • 03 Feb 1994 Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle.
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in February 1994?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - All For Love
  2. - The Power Of Love
  3. - Heroyoutube
  4. - The Sign
  5. - Breathe Again

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Things Can Only Get Better
  2. - Without You
  3. - Breathe Again
  4. - Doop
  5. - The Sign

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in February 1994?

The Hidden Life Of Dogs by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

The Hidden Life Of Dogs

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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, an anthropologist, revealed the nature of pack dynamics to readers long before Dog Whisperer. This led to a new understanding of dogs' needs and desires. In

Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz

Mr. Murder

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Martin Stillwater is a bright and imaginative man. It delights his wife and two daughters, and provides all the inspiration he needs for his highly-acclaimed mystery novels.

The Cat Who Came To Breakfast by Lilian Jackson Braun

The Cat Who Came To Breakfast

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Qwilleran and his cats visit an island that has many names. Qwill calls it Breakfast Island. But to the natives it's Providence Island.

How We Die by Sherwin B. Nuland

How We Die

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New Edition: A new chapter addresses contemporary issues in end of life care. Sherwin Nuland's How We Die is a bestselling book that has won the National Book Award. It is now the definitive text about perhaps

The Client by John Grisham

The Client

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In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left …