August 1994 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1994 The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour
• 02 Aug 1994 Congressional hearings begin on White Water
• 03 Aug 1994 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace
• 04 Aug 1994 Dwingeloo 1, near milky way system, discovered
• 05 Aug 1994 Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed
• 06 Aug 1994 Algerian Moslem fundamentalists threaten school / Universities
• 07 Aug 1994 Hedda Gabler closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 33 performances
• 09 Aug 1994 Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night
• 10 Aug 1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong
• 11 Aug 1994 Joao B Nino Vieira elected President of Guinee-Bissau
• 12 Aug 1994 1st NFL game on Fox network
• 13 Aug 1994 Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed
• 14 Aug 1994 76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa
• 15 Aug 1994 S African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning
• 16 Aug 1994 Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA
• 17 Aug 1994 Lesotho King Letsie II fires Premier Ntsu Mokhehle
• 18 Aug 1994 5.6 earthquake in Algeria, kills 171
• 20 Aug 1994 Archbishop Quarracino wants all homosexuals to leave Argentina
• 21 Aug 1994 Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election
• 22 Aug 1994 DNA testing links OJ Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman
• 23 Aug 1994 Eugene Bullard, The only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
• 24 Aug 1994 Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism
• 27 Aug 1994 Laughter on the 23rd Floor closes at R Rodgers NYC after 320 performances
• 28 Aug 1994 1st Japanese gay pride parade
• 30 Aug 1994 Gund Arena in Cleveland opens
• 31 Aug 1994 Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia

Famous Birthday

• Courtney Stodden

  American news figure in 2011 when she married 51-year old actor Doug Hutchison.

• Taissa Farmiga

  TV Actress.

• Raphaëlle Dupire
• Alice Englert

  Australian actress.

• Kwon So-hyun

  South Korean singer-songwriter and actress (4Minute).

• Ellar Coltrane
• Israel Broussard
• Dara Howell
• Sarah Hendrickson
• Bex Taylor-Klaus

  TV Actress.

• Tristan Evans

  Drummer.

• Madelaine Petsch
• Bernardo Silva
• Alexis Raynaud
• Corentin Tolisso
• Edmunds Augstkalns

  Latvian ice hockey player.

• Tiémoué Bakayoko
• Morgan Sanson
• Heo Young-ji

  Pop Singer.

• Caitlin Beadles
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Famous Deaths

• Peter Cushing

  England, United Kingdom -- Actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who).

• Elias Canetti

  British/Swiss/Bulgarian writer, essayist and novelist of Jewish origin, received Nobel prize for literature in 1981.

• Domenico Modugno

  Italian singer and songwriter who took top prize at the 1958 San Remo music festival for the song "Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu," a song know as,...

• Lindsay Anderson

  Indian-English actor director and screenwriter (d. 1994).

• Giovanni Spadolini

  Italian writer, journalist, republican politician and the 45th Prime Minister of Italy.

• Artur Balsam

  Polish / US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein).

• Wout Wagtmans

  Cyclist (Rome-Naples-Rome 1957), dies at 64.

• Henry Geldzahler

  US critic.

• Robert Hutton [Winne]

  US actor (Rocket), dies at 74.

• Roberto Goyeneche [El Polaco]

  Argentine tango singer (Maria).

• Christy Henrich

  US turnster, dies of anorexia nervosa at 22.

• Innokenti Smoktunovski

  Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69.

• John Hidalgo Moya

  Architect, Designer of Skylon, dies at 74.

• John van Raay [John Oradi]

  Radio-imitator (Paul Flanders).

• Carel van Dillen

  Resistance fighter, dies at 77.

• Bhagwatpersad Ausan

  Commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38.

• Audrey Langford

  SInging teacher, dies at 82.

• Clive Robertson Caldwell

  British fighter pilot, dies at 84.

• Terry Hibbitt

  Soccer star, dies at 47.

• Amy Sacks

  Producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Stay
2. Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love To You
3. All-4-One - I Swear
4. Coolio - Fantastic Voyage
5. Elton John - Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around
2. Let Loose - Crazy For You
3. All-4-One - I Swear
4. Red Dragon With Brian & Tony Gold - Compliments On Your Kiss
5. China Black - Searching