WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1994
Find out what all happened May to September 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)

The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire. (31. August 1994)

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal," is captured. (14. August 1994)

Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February. (7. May 1994)

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

A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people. (2. May 1994)

Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. (17. June 1994)

Ongar railway station, the furthest London Underground from Central London, closes. (30. September 1994)

Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung. (8. July 1994)

Frank Eugene Corder crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the West wing and killing himself. (12. September 1994)

The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. (5. May 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)

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

Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured. (28. June 1994)

The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988. (16. September 1994)

Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other. (3. September 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)

An RAF Chinook helicopter crashes in Scotland killing all 29 on board. The original cause of the crash is ruled as pilot error, this verdict is overturned in 2011. (2. June 1994)

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