A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport
A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport
19 events found for 1994
A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport
China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board
South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress
South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vot
Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secre
Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand
Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza St
The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunn
Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in Febr
Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president
Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern
The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out
A worldwide trade embargo against Haiti goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's
Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in pris
Republic of South Africa becomes a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations