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Jan 5, 1994 - The Clinton administration said North Korea had agreed to allow renewed international inspections of seven nuclear sites. Jan 7, 1994 - Nancy Kerrigan withdrew from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, a day after her right leg was severely bruised in an attack after a practice session |
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Feb 1, 1994 - Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, pleaded guilty in Portland, Ore., to taking part in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Gillooly struck a plea bargain under which he confessed to racketeering charges in exchange for testimony implicating Harding. |
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March 19, 1994 - Talks between North Korea and South Korea collapsed, imperiling a U.S.-brokered deal to resolve the North Korean nuclear dispute. |
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April 22, 1994 - Richard M. Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, four days after suffering a stroke. He was 81. |
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May 6, 1994 - The Channel Tunnel linking England to France was officially opened. May 19, 1994 - Former first lady Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis died of non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancer in New York City at age 64. May 31, 1994 - The United States announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union. |
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June 2, 1994 - The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. atomic watchdog, reported it could no longer verify the status of North Korea's nuclear program, prompting the United States to seek economic sanctions. June 3, 1994 - President Clinton, continuing his tour of Italy, visited the graves of American soldiers killed in the Anzio landing during World War II. June 4, 1994 - President Clinton and British Prime Minister John Major paid tribute to the lost airmen of World War II at the American Cemetery in Cambridge, England. June 5, 1994 - President Clinton headed across the English Channel aboard the USS George Washington, en route to the 50th anniversary commemoration of D-Day in Normandy. June 11, 1994 - President Clinton headed across the English Channel aboard the USS George Washington, en route to the 50th anniversary commemoration of D-Day in Normandy. June 12, 1994 - Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman were knifed to death outside of Nicole's Brentwood, Los Angeles, condominium. June 16, 1994 - Former President Jimmy Carter, on a private visit to North Korea, reported the Communist nation's leaders were eager to resume talks with the United States on resolving disputes about Pyongyang's nuclear program and improving relations. June 17, 1994 - After leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways, that millions of Americans watched, OJ Simpson was arrested for the murder of wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. The arrest took place after a prolonged slow-car chase where Al A.C. Cowlings drove Simpson around in a white Ford Bronco and talked him into giving up to the police. |
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July 16, 1994 - The first of 21 pieces of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter. |
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Sept 3, 1994 - China and Russia proclaimed an end to any lingering hostilities, pledging they would no longer target nuclear missiles or use force against each other. Sept 12, 1994 - A stolen, single-engine Cessna crashed into the South Lawn of the White House, coming to rest against the executive mansion; the pilot, Frank Corder, was killed. Sept 13, 1994 - Bob Blackbull, Blackfoot Indian, received his first shipment of mustangs in Browning, Montana, and revived a piece of their culture. Sept 19, 1994 - U.S. troops peacefully entered Haiti to enforce the return of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. |
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Oct 8, 1994 - President Clinton, responding to the massing of Iraqi troops near the Kuwaiti border, warned Saddam Hussein not to misjudge "American will or American power" as he ordered additional U.S. forces to the region. Oct 9, 1994 - The United States sent troops and warships to the Persian Gulf after Saddam Hussein sent tens of thousands of elite troops and hundreds of tanks toward the Kuwaiti border. Oct 10, 1994 - Iraq announced it was withdrawing its forces from the Kuwaiti border; seeing no signs of a pullback, President Clinton dispatched 350 additional aircraft to the region. Oct 11, 1994 - Iraqi troops began moving north, away from the Kuwaiti border. Oct 20, 1994 - The Pentagon announced that more than 100,000 U.S. troops were being taken off alert for possible movement to the Persian Gulf because the Iraqi threat to Kuwait had abated. Oct 25, 1994 - Susan Smith drowned her 2 sons when she let her car roll into John D. Long Lake in South Carolina. Oct 29, 1994 - Francisco Martin Duran of Colorado Springs, Colo., fired more than two dozen shots from a semiautomatic rifle at the White House while standing on Pennsylvania Avenue; Duran was later convicted of trying to assassinate President Clinton and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Oct 30, 1994 - An American Eagle French-built ATR-72, en route from Indianapolis to Chicago, crashed in Roselawn, Ind., and killed 68 people. In 1997 American Airlines and 7 other companies settled a suit filed by relatives for $110 million. |
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Nov 5, 1994 - Former President Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer's disease. Nov 14, 1004 - U.S. experts visited North Korea's main nuclear complex for the first time under an accord aimed at opening such sites to outside inspections. Nov 20, 1994 - The most heavily mined country in the world was Afghanistan, with between 10 and 15 million deadly mines. In Angola, one third of the countryside was strewn with mines and the toll of nearly 25 people a day who were injured or killed by land mines has left 20,000 amputees. Cambodia's 7 million mines amount to two for every single Cambodian child, and between 200 and 250 people became victims every month. In Somalia, the laying of mines rose to new heights of terror as civilian areas were deliberately targeted. Truck loads of mines were scattered in houses, wells, river-crossings, markets, and even cemeteries. Presently, the area being mined most heavily is the war zone of the former Yugoslavia, where 3 million mines have been laid in just a few years. The US State Dept. estimated that 25,000 people are killed or maimed each year by mines. About 1.5 to 2 million new mines go into the ground each year. Nov 30, 1994 - Two passengers died and nearly 1,000 others and crew members fled the cruise ship "Achille Lauro" after it caught fire off the coast of Somalia; the ship sank two days later. The Achille Lauro had gained notoriety in 1985 when it was hijacked by Palestinian extremists. |
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Dec 2, 1994 - The government agreed not to seek a recall of allegedly fire-prone General Motors pickup trucks; in return, GM agreed to spend more than $51 million on safety and research. GM later offered certificates to owners of the pickups, for $1000, but getting the certificates accepted was nearly impossible. Dec 20, 1994 - Former President Jimmy Carter succeeded in getting Bosnia's warring factions to agree to a temporary cease-fire.
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