* 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.

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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

Founded in 1994 in response to the US Congress cancellation of the NASA SETI program, The SETI League, Inc. is a membership-supported nonprofit organization with 1, 500 members in 62 countries.

BMDO became better known in the public eye in 1994 when it launched a space probe, Clementine, to the Moon, in collaboration with NASA.

The name Beowulf originally referred to a specific computer built in 1994 by Thomas Sterling and Donald Becker at NASA.

; 1994: NSF, together with DARPA and NASA, launches the Digital Library Initiative.

Husband was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994.

Selected by NASA in December 1994, Anderson reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995.

On November 1, 1994, NASA launched the WIND spacecraft as a solar wind monitor to orbit the Earth's Lagrange point as the interplanetary component of the Global Geospace Science ( GGS ) Program within the International Solar Terrestrial Physics ( ISTP ) program.

* NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal ( 1994 )

Edwards was selected as an astronaut by NASA in December 1994.

Stuart Allen Roosa ( August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994 ) was a NASA astronaut, who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 14 mission.

* NASA Distinguished Service Medal ( 1994 );

Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994, Altman reported to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in March 1995.

Lu is a specialist in solar physics and did postdoctoral work at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii before being selected for the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1994.

* 1994 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award

Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994, Melroy reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995.

Selected by NASA in December 1994, Bloomfield reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995.

Kavandi was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994 and reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995.

STS-68 Endeavour ( September 30 to October 11, 1994 ) was part of NASA ’ s Mission to Planet Earth.

* NASA Space Flight Medals ( 4 ), ( 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 )

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