* 1994 – The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

* 1908 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Quebec writer, preacher and broadcaster ( d. 1994 )

* 1994 – Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.

* 1903 – Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, recipient of the Bank of Sweden Prize ( d. 1994 )

* 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, English racing driver ( d. 1994 )

* 1916 – Martha Raye, American actress ( d. 1994 )

* 1940 – Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist ( Last Exit ) ( d. 1994 )

* 1994 – Forrest Landis, American actor

The Azeri armed forces took a series of devastating defeats by Armenian forces during the 1992 – 1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War, which resulted in the loss of control of Nagorno-Karabakh proper and seven surrounding rayons, comprising roughly 16 % of the territory of Azerbaijan.

4, No. 2, July 1994, pp. 263 – 264 )

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* 1950 – Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate ( d. 1994 )

* 1994 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer ( b. 1912 )

* 1994 – Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer ( S / mileage and Shugo Chara Egg!

* 1994 – China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.

Economies, sociétés, civilisations ( 1946 – 1994 ), and Annales.

Histoire, Sciences Sociales ( 1994 – ).

* 1927 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player ( d. 1994 )

* 1951 – Randy Shilts, American journalist and author ( d. 1994 )

* 1910 – Berton Roueché, American writer ( d. 1994 )

* 1924 – Henry Mancini, American composer ( d. 1994 )

* 1994 – Liliana Mumy, American actress

* Latin America's Journey to the Market: From Macroeconomic Shocks to Institutional Therapy, by Moises Naím ( 1994 ).

He beat Ivan Lendl ( world # 1 ) in 1990, Michael Stich ( world # 2 and # 4 ) in 1994 and 1991, Stefan Edberg ( world # 3 ) in 1988 at the U S Open, Boris Becker ( world # 3 ) in 1992, Mats Wilander ( world # 4 ) in 1984, and Jimmy Arias ( world # 5 ) in 1984 and Sergi Bruguera ( world # 5 ) in 1994.

In the run up to the 1994 election, Ricardo Arias Calderón resigned as First Vice-President of the Republic in December 1992.

* Offenbach: Arias and Overtures, with conductor Antonio de Almeida, RCA 1994.

* Jake T. Austin ( born 1994 ), American actor

With the 1994 passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the following words were used to label the United States Section of that organization: in French, étatsunien ; in Spanish, estadounidense.

* 1920 – Charles Bukowski, American poet ( d. 1994 )

* 1933 – Stuart Roosa, American astronaut ( d. 1994 )

* 1994 – Jacqueline Emerson, American actress and singer ( Devo 2. 0 )

* 1994 – Josh Flitter, American actor

* 1917 – Jack Kirby, American writer and illustrator ( d. 1994 )

* 1967 – Dominic Lucero, American actor, singer, and dancer ( d. 1994 )

* 1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor ( d. 1994 )

* 1949 – Christopher Collins, American actor and comedian ( d. 1994 )

* 1924 – Shorty Rogers, American jazz musician and arranger ( d. 1994 )

* 1994 – Skyler Samuels, American actress

Two years before their first opening day, Colangelo hired Buck Showalter, the American League Manager of the Year in 1994 with the New York Yankees.

* 1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist ( d. 1994 )

* 1930 – Dick Sargent, American actor ( d. 1994 )

* 1913 – Noah Beery, Jr., American actor ( d. 1994 )