14 January 1994Eta Carinae Hubble ImagingJon Morse
Hubble images reveal detailed structure around the unstable massive star Eta Carinae and its violent surrounding ejecta.
Historical records for United States of America in 1994, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Hubble images reveal detailed structure around the unstable massive star Eta Carinae and its violent surrounding ejecta.
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.
Releases Streets of Philadelphia for the film Philadelphia, winning major awards for the song.
Death of Kurt Donald Kobain
The Council sharply reduces UNAMIR while genocide is underway.
Participates in Security Council decisions during the Rwanda crisis.
Death of Richard Nixon
Supports negotiations implementing the first stage of Palestinian self-government.
Leads Hubble observations of rapidly orbiting gas in M87, providing strong evidence for a massive black hole at the galaxy's centre.
Galileo observes Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts on Jupiter's far side from a unique spacecraft viewpoint.
Fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 begin colliding with Jupiter, producing enormous atmospheric scars.
Visits Germany to pass the responsibility of Easter Europe & Russia to Germany
Leads Hubble observations documenting atmospheric scars from the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts on Jupiter.
Speaks in Berlin of US support for Germany
Signs the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, includes banning the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic "assault weapons"
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell announces that Clintons health plans are dead, at least for that session of Congress
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell announces that Clintons health plans are dead, at least for that session of Congress
The plan is quickly derided as "Hillarycare" by its opponents; some protesters against it become vitriolic, and during a July a bus tour to rally support for the plan, she is forced to wear a bulletproof vest. The plan does not receive enough support for a floor vote in either the House or the Senate, although both chambers are controlled by the Democrats, the proposal is abandoned in September
Magellan is deliberately lowered into Venus's atmosphere, ending a mission that mapped almost the entire planet by radar.
The United States and North Korea conclude the Agreed Framework addressing North Korea's nuclear programme.
Hubble detects a new large dark storm forming in Neptune's northern hemisphere.
Oldest boxer to win a championship in any weight class by knocking out Michael Moorer. Defeats Moorer to become World Heavy Weight Champion, age 45
The Republican Party wins majorities in both the Senate & the House of Representitives
Supports establishment of an international tribunal for Rwanda.
The Security Council creates the ICTR by Resolution 955.
Hubble observations produce the first images resolving large-scale surface brightness features on Saturn's moon Titan.
The USA unilaterally withdraws from the United Nations arms embargo against Bosnia
START I enters into force after the treaty parties exchange instruments of ratification.
Walken stars in A Business Affair, a rare leading role for him in a romantic comedy
Winner of the best male actor for "Philadelphia"
Publication of "Beyond Peace"
Case Closed was a nominated finalist for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for History
As First Lady of the United States, her major initiative, the Clinton Health Care Plan, fails to gain approval from the US Congress
Republicans make the Clinton Health Care Plan a major campaign issue of the 1994 midterm elections, which see a net Republican gain of fifty-three seats in the House election and seven in the Senate election, winning control of both.
The plan does not receive enough support for a floor vote in either the House or the Senate, although both chambers are controlled by the Democrats, the proposal is abandoned in September.
The plan is quickly derided as "Hillarycare" by its opponents; some protesters against it become vitriolic, and during a July a bus tour to rally support for the plan, she is forced to wear a bulletproof vest.
Publication of "Closing Time", a sequel to Catch-22
Publication of "Closing Time", a sequel to Catch-22
Mather helps publish final COBE spectrum results that strongly support a hot dense early universe
Stars in Crash
Scientists examining Galileo images discover Dactyl orbiting Ida, the first moon ever found around an asteroid.
Stars in, "Death Wish 5: The Face of Death"
Joins Deep Purple as guitarist, replacing Ritchie Blackmore and beginning a long period of line-up stability.
Serves from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, which in 1985 had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project
Publication of "Disclosure"
Republicans make the Clinton Health Care Plan a major campaign issue of the 1994 midterm elections, which see a net Republican gain of fifty-three seats in the House election and seven in the Senate election, winning control of both
Republicans make the Clinton Health Care Plan a major campaign issue of the 1994 midterm elections, which see a net Republican gain of fifty-three seats in the House election and seven in the Senate election, winning control of both
The mid-term elections are disastrous for the Democrats, they lose control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years, because of Clintons national healthcare policy
Writes & directs, "ER"
Galileo observations establish that asteroid Ida possesses a natural satellite, showing that asteroid moons can exist.
Cast as Ross Geller in NBCs situation comedy Friends
Hubble observations show that the large southern dark storm seen by Voyager 2 has disappeared.
Republicans make the Clinton Health Care Plan a major campaign issue of the 1994 midterm elections, which see a net Republican gain of fifty-three seats in the House election and seven in the Senate election, winning control of both
Reunites with Eagles for Hell Freezes Over, ending the band's fourteen-year break.
Returns to Eagles for Hell Freezes Over, combining live performances with new studio songs.
Serves from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of The Joyce Foundation
Makes her feature-film debut as Mathilda in Leon: The Professional.
Publishes Lost Moon about the Apollo 13 mission.
Magellan conducts a gravity-mapping campaign that helps scientists investigate the internal structure and tectonic history of Venus.
Stars in Natural Born Killers
Publication of "Pale Blue Dot"
Hubble observations record strong large-scale brightness differences across Pluto's surface at unprecedented spatial resolution.
Hubble's Faint Object Camera images Pluto through much of a rotation, enabling an image-based map of most of its surface.
Publishes, "Diplomacy"
Plays hitman Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
Writes and directs Pulp Fiction, interweaving several Los Angeles crime stories.
Stars in The Paper
Plays prison inmate Ellis Boyd Redding in The Shawshank Redemption.
Publication of "The Stone Diaries"
Produces Wonderful for Adam Ant, working with a major figure from British new wave pop.
Serves from 1994 to 2002 on the board of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, which in 1985 had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project
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