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Significant Events and Figures of 1994

This quiz focuses on significant events and personalities from the year 1994, covering important political changes, cultural milestones, and notable achievements.

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1 December 31 is skipped by the ________ to switch from the UTC−11 time zone to UTC+13, and by the Line Islands to switch from UTC−10 to UTC+14.

2 November 11 – ________, Cuban-born AIDS activist (b.

3 August 11 – ________, English actor (b.

4 December 1 – ________ takes office as President of Mexico.

5 March 27 – TV tycoon Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing coalition wins the ________.

6 May 10 – ________ is inaugurated as South Africa's first Black president.

7 November 23 – ________, American professional wrestler (b.

8 In Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, ________ cells fly through a black hole in 1994.

9 November 13 – Voters in Sweden decide to join the ________ in a referendum.

10 November 5 – ________ wins the WBA and IBF World Heavyweight Championships by KO'ing Michael Moorer becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in history.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in 1994, a wild Bottlenose dolphin in Brazil named Tião killed one man and seriously injured a second after they had been harassing the animal.
  • in 1994, Greg Landry was a key reason why Illinois had the second-best passing offense in the Big Ten, which eventually carried the team to a 30-0 win in the Liberty Bowl over East Carolina, the school’s first bowl appearance in 16 seasons.
  • the 1994 Rwandan genocide led to a Great Lakes refugee crisis, which ended when nearly two million refugees returned to Rwanda at the start of the First Congo War.
  • the analysis of the FSH-receptor (pictured) benefited from the work by Gilman and Rodbell for which they won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology.
  • the movie I Am Cuba was filmed in 1964 as Cold War Soviet propaganda but only became widely viewed internationally when it was shown to audiences in the United States in 1994.
  • Rusumo Falls was a significant site during the 1994 Rwandan genocide as thousands of dead bodies flowed underneath the bridge while a simultaneous stream of refugees crossed over it, fleeing into Tanzania to escape the fighting.
  • Jean Kambanda, prime minister of Rwanda during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, is the first and only head of government to plead guilty to genocide.
  • Chandra Prakash Mainali, who led an armed Maoist revolt in eastern Nepal in 1971, later served as Minister of Local Development in 1994-95.
  • Broken Glass, a 1994 play by Arthur Miller, was nominated for the 1994 Tony Award for Best Play, but lost out to Angels in America: Perestroika.
  • Hurricane Gordon was a Category 1 hurricane that killed 1,122 people in Haiti in 1994 and that the hurricane name was not retired by the World Meteorological Organization.
  • Ibrahim Hussein Berro was recently identified as the suicide bomber in the 1994 AMIA Bombing in Buenos Aires.
  • Jaime Navarro was the opposing and winning pitcher for the inaugural Texas Rangers game at The Ballpark in Arlington in 1994.
  • California State Senator Abel Maldonado ran for election to the Santa Maria City Council in 1994 after being involved in a building dispute.
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