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HomePage 2: Historical Events In 1994
Saturday, 07 February 2026
Jan 13 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt and Derrick Brian Smith arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan. 
Jan 14 Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas
Jan 14 Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands
Jan 15 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72.
Jan 15 Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%).
Jan 15 In this year, 15th ACE Cable Awards HBO claims 34 awards, Showtime claims 10
Jan 15 Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist
Jan 16 At a joint news conference in Geneva with President Clinton, Syrian President Hafez Assad indicated a willingness to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel
Jan 16 Syria declares its commitment to peace with Israel.
Jan 17 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage.
Jan 17 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Southern California, killing 61 people and causing $20 billion in damage.
Jan 17 A pre-dawn earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, claiming 61 lives and causing widespread damage
Jan 17 Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment
Jan 18 Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83.
Jan 18 Iran-Contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh issued his final report on the scandal. He blasted former President Bush for his Christmas Eve 1992 pardons of six Iran-Contra defendants.
Jan 19 -20ºF (-29ºC) (5 32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland OH
Jan 19 -36ºF (-38ºC) in New Whiteland IN (state record)
Jan 20 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-pres (1963-66), dies at about 81
Jan 20 Shannon Faulkner is recorded as becoming the inaugural woman to join the cadet corps at The Citadel military academy in South Carolina
Jan 21 Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3914.20).
Jan 21 Lorena Bobbitt are discovered temporarily insane for chopping off spouse's penis
Jan 21 Lorena Bobbitt was are discovered innocent by reason of insanity in the June 1993 attack on her husband, John. She had cut off his penis while he slept. The organ was surgically reattached
Jan 22 Canadian rocker Bryan Adams, with guests Rod Stewart and Sting, has a #1 Billboard hit with the single, All For Love
Jan 22 Frances Gifford, dies of emphysema, at 71
Jan 22 Twenty-one firefighters die after they are trapped in a brush fire in southern Argentina;.
Jan 23 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
Jan 23 Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Jan 24 Dow Jones closes above 3900 for inaugural time (3914.48).
Jan 24 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
Jan 25 Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
Jan 25 Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
Jan 25 Mine fire at Asansol India, results in the deaths of 55.
Jan 25 Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85
Jan 25 US space probe Clementine launched.
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