WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1994
Find out what all happened June to December 1994

The chemical element Darmstadtium is discovered. (9. November 1994)

Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole. (13. September 1994)

Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. (14. December 1994)

The 1994 Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated CA$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries. (14. June 1994)

Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations. (15. June 1994)

The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.) (20. November 1994)

The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike. (14. September 1994)

Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified. (27. October 1994)

This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively. (31. December 1994)

A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane. (11. December 1994)

The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300. (18. July 1994)

MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia. (30. November 1994)

Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton). (29. October 1994)

Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty (26. October 1994)

Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years in service. (30. September 1994)

Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumedienne Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of 3 days 3 passengers are killed, as are all 4 terrorists. (24. December 1994)

USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry. (8. September 1994)

In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses. (21. October 1994)

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit. (12. June 1994)

In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. (13. November 1994)

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