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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 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 December 1994: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1994?


Events

  • 01 Dec 1994 Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere announce they are seperating
  • 02 Dec 1994 Cobb premieres
  • 04 Dec 1994 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1).
  • 06 Dec 1994 Maltese Falcon auctioned for US$398,590.
  • 07 Dec 1994 5th Billboard Music Awards
  • 08 Dec 1994 Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges
  • 09 Dec 1994 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments
  • 10 Dec 1994 Nobel Prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Yasser Arafat.
  • 11 Dec 1994 First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
  • 13 Dec 1994 American Eagle commuter plane crashes in North Carolina, killing 15.
  • 14 Dec 1994 A Learjet piloted by Richard Anderson and Brad Sexton misses an elementary school and crashes into an apartment complex in Fresno, California, killing both pilots and injuring several apartment residents.
  • 15 Dec 1994 Tuna Christmas opens at Booth Theater NYC for 20 performances
  • 16 Dec 1994 Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI
  • 18 Dec 1994 Comedy Tonight opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 8 performances
  • 19 Dec 1994 The Whitewater scandal investigation begins in Washington, DC.
  • 20 Dec 1994 Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69), dies at age 85.
  • 21 Dec 1994 A homemade bomb goes off on the #4 train on Fulton Street in New York City.
  • 22 Dec 1994 Christmas Carol opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 18 performances
  • 23 Dec 1994 Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players.
  • 25 Dec 1994 Comedy Tonight closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 8 performances
  • 26 Dec 1994 Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the perpetrators.
  • 28 Dec 1994 Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection
  • 29 Dec 1994 B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed.
  • 31 Dec 1994 1st snowless December in Baltimore Maryland

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Music charts

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

  1. - On Bended Kneeyoutube
  2. - Here Comes The Hotstepper
  3. - Another Night
  4. - I'll Make Love To You
  5. - Always

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Stay Another Day
  2. - Twist And Shout
  3. - Think Twice
  4. - All I Want For Christmas Is You
  5. - Things Can Only Get Better

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Legends of the Fall

Legends of the Fall

Release year: 1994

Directed by: Edward Zwick

Starring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond

Country: United States of America

Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

Release year: 1994

Directed by: Robert Benton

Starring: Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, Melanie Griffith

Shallow Grave

Shallow Grave

Release year: 1994

Directed by: Danny Boyle

Starring: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor, Ken Stott

Country: United States of America

Little Women

Little Women

Release year: 1994

Directed by: Gillian Armstrong

Starring: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes

Country: United States of America

Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

Release year: 1994

Directed by: Roman Polanski

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Krystia Mova

Books

Which were the most popular books released in December 1994?
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No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin

No Ordinary Time

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No Ordinary Time won the Pulitzer Prize for History. It is a monumental book that brilliantly chronicles one of the most exciting and innovative periods in history.

Guns, Crime, And Freedom by Wayne R. LaPierre

Guns, Crime, And Freedom

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This is the definitive guide to participating in political debates and protecting your right to keep and bear arm. Tom Clancy A New York Times Bestseller.

Taltos by Anne Rice

Taltos

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"ANNE RICE WILL LIVE THROUGH THE AGES OF LITERATURE." --San Francisco Chronicle"TALTOS IS THE THIRD BOOK IN A SERIES KNOWN AS THE LIVES OF THE MAYFAIR WITCHES .

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

The Celestine Prophecy

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The #1 International Phenomenon Bestseller - NEW PREFACE

The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray

The Bell Curve

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The controversial book that links intelligence to race and class in modern society and how public policy can reduce socioeconomic differences in IQ and birth rate, fertility, poverty, crime, and crime.