Today in History for January 1994
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 83 of 83
1st - "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 perfs
1st - "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 perfs
1st - Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
1st - Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13
1st - Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant
1st - International Year of Family
1st - Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94"
1st - Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
1st - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
1st - The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican State of Chiapas.
2nd - "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont NYC after 40 perfs
2nd - "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 266 perf
2nd - Battles between army & rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57
3rd - "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 13 performances
3rd - 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt
3rd - Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed
3rd - 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field
4th - 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)
5th - Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
5th - Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)
5th - Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71)
6th - "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
6th - Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
6th - Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
6th - Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)
6th - Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44)
7th - South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
7th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding
7th - United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5
8th - Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60)
8th - Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit
8th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
9th - 14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
9th - Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts)
9th - Rintje Ritsma skates world record (156.201 points)
10th - Trial of Lorena Bobbitt who cut off her husband's penis, begins
10th - Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal
10th - Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs
11th - Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy
11th - Irish govt announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA
12th - Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder
12th - Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
13th - Italian govt of Ciampi resigns
13th - Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt & Derrick Brian Smith arrested & charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan
14th - Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
14th - Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas
14th - Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands
15th - 15th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 34 awards, Showtime wins 10
15th - Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)
15th - Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse & breaks her left wrist
16th - Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54)
17th - 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage
17th - Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment
18th - The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
19th - -20°F (-29°C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio
19th - -36°F (-38°C) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record)
21st - Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20)
21st - Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane of chopping off spouse's penis
22nd - 45th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 9-8 at NY Rangers
22nd - 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra
22nd - 51st Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Steven Speilberg
22nd - East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in NYC
23rd - Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC & NFC Champ games
23rd - Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Hercegovina
24th - Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for 1st time (3,914.48)
25th - Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
25th - Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55
25th - US space probe Clementine launched
25th - Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
27th - "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 61 performances
27th - Carlos Reina succeeds pres Callejas in Honduras
27th - Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites
28th - Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46)
28th - Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose Calif, 1 dead
28th - Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m)
30th - 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62)
30th - 82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64)
30th - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76)
30th - Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wkts
30th - Superbowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 30-13 in Atlanta Superbowl MVP: Emmitt Smith, Dallas, RB
30th - Péter Lékó becomes the youngest chess grand master.
31st - Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns down
31st - Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 3 of 3
1st - He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
14th - Samir Patel, American spelling bee winner
21st - Laura Robson, Tennis Player
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 94 of 94
1st - Cesar Romero, US actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
1st - Werner Schwab, Austrian playwright (Female Presidents), dies at 35
2nd - Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
2nd - Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Comm), dies at 79
2nd - Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
2nd - Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
3rd - Roel Bazen, Dutch sound technician (Van Kooten & The Bie), dies at 48
3rd - Heather Sears, British actress (b. 1935)
4th - Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48
4th - Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Gov of Curacao (1951-67), dies at 80
4th - RD Burman, Indian musician (b. 1939)
5th - Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 yrs), dies
5th - Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87
5th - Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (D-Ma)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies at 81
5th - Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39
5th - William Raynor, writer, dies at 73
5th - Tip O'Neill, American politician (b. 1912)
6th - "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersec of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80
6th - Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
6th - Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), dies at 6
6th - Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, dies of cancer
6th - Virginia Kelley Clinton, Mother of Pres Clinton, dies at 70
7th - Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67
7th - Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
7th - Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer, dies at 85
7th - Lynn Blessing, vibes Player, dies at 65
7th - Phoumi Vongvichit, pres of Laos (1986-91), dies
7th - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
8th - Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40
8th - Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
8th - Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
8th - Lady Caithness, wife of Brit undersecretary, commits suicide
8th - Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78
8th - Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99
8th - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52
9th - Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82
10th - Catharina I "Ien" Dales, min of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62
10th - Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball pres (National League), dies at 72
10th - Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at 73
11th - John Bradley, raised US flag at Iwo Jima, dies at 70
11th - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80
11th - Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)
12th - Bob Horen, dies of cancer at 67
12th - Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85
13th - Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
13th - Johan J Holst, Norwegian min of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56
14th - Esther Ralston, US actress (Tin Pan Alley, SF Docks), dies at 91
14th - Federica Montseny, anarchist/Sp minister of Health (1936), dies at 80
15th - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72
15th - Harry Nilsson, rock vocalist (Everybody's Talkin'), dies at 52
15th - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
16th - Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52
16th - Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86
16th - Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42
17th - Allan G Odell, Ad exec (Burma Shave), dies at 90
17th - Chung Il Kwon, PM of S Korea (1964-70), dies
17th - Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor Sax Player, dies at 66
17th - Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at 61
17th - Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77
17th - Noel Chiboust, trumpeter/sax, dies at 84
17th - Helen Stephens, American runner (b. 1918)
17th - Yevgeny Ivanov, Soviet spy involved in the Profumo affair (b. 1926)
18th - Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83
20th - Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-pres (1963-66), dies at about 81
20th - Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84
21st - Basel al-Assad, Syrian pres Assad son, dies in car accident at 31
22nd - Frances Gifford, dies of emphysema, at 71
22nd - Irving B Kahn, inventer (teleprompter), dies at 76
22nd - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at 83
22nd - Telly Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies of prostate cancer at 70
22nd - Rhett Forrester, American singer (Riot) (b. 1956)
23rd - Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
23rd - Oliver Smith, US set designer (Guys & Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75
23rd - Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44
23rd - Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95
23rd - Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
24th - Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
25th - Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85
27th - Claude Akins, actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75
27th - Eddie Calhoun, jazz Bassist, dies at 72
27th - Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at 44
27th - Stanley Adams, songwriter, dies at 86
28th - Hal Smith, actor (Otis Campbell-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 77
28th - Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79
28th - William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86
28th - Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916)
29th - Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67
29th - Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81
29th - Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26
30th - Bahjat Talhouni, PM of Jordan (1960-62, 64-65, 67-69, 69-70), dies
30th - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues Singer, dies at 64
30th - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86
30th - Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53
31st - Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81
