WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO NOVEMBER 1994
Find out what all happened May to November 1994

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

Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole. (13. September 1994)

MS Achille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia. (30. November 1994)

Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; 7 persons are killed, 660 injured. (28. June 1994)

The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike. (14. September 1994)

In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses. (21. October 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 Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessful attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out. (21. May 1994)

In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers. (19. November 1994)

In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union. (13. November 1994)

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel. (6. May 1994)

Israel and Vatican City establish full diplomatic relations. (15. June 1994)

The chemical element Darmstadtium is discovered. (9. November 1994)

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

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)

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)

The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people. (28. September 1994)

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

The bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300. (18. July 1994)

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