WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1994
Find out what all happened April to November 1994

Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung. (8. July 1994)

Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. (17. June 1994)

The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.) (20. November 1994)

An RAF Chinook helicopter crashes in Scotland killing all 29 on board. The original cause of the crash is ruled as pilot error, this verdict is overturned in 2011. (2. June 1994)

Malawi holds its first multi-party elections. (17. May 1994)

Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other. (3. September 1994)

In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people. (14. April 1994)

Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. (17. October 1994)

The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988. (16. September 1994)

Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation". (4. April 1994)

A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages. (13. June 1994)

The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire. (31. August 1994)

Eugene Bullard, the only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. (23. August 1994)

The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight. (12. June 1994)

The Troubles: the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) open fire inside a pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, killing six civilians and wounding five. (18. June 1994)

Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991. (6. May 1994)

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit. (12. June 1994)

Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam. (12. April 1994)

A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people. (2. May 1994)

Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collides with Jupiter. Impacts continue until July 22. (16. July 1994)

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