January 28 - The first trial of accused murderer Lyle Menendez ends in a mistrial. He and his brother Erik are later found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
February 24 - In Gloucester, local police begins excavations at 25 Cromwell Street the home of Frederick West suspected of multiple murder. On February 28, he and his wife are arrested
February 25 - Jewish settler West Bank. He kills 29 Muslims before worshipers beat him to death
February 28 - US warplanes shoot down four Serb aircraft over Bosnia
March 24 - At an election rally in Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated. Mario Aburto Martinez is arrested for the crime and confesses on the same day.
March 27 - A tornado outbreak occurs in Southeastern United States. One tornado hits the United Methodist Church in Piedmont, Alabama killing 22. This outbreak is the biggest tornado event of 1994.
May 6 - The Channel Tunnel, which took 15,000 workers over seven years to complete, opens between England and France. Travelers can now travel between the two countries in 35 minutes.
June 17 - NFL star OJ Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in his white Ford Bronco. The low speed chase, which unfolds live on television, ends up at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood, California, where he then surrendered to police.
October 5 - UNESCO inaugurated World Teachers’ Day to celebrate and commemorate the signing of the Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers on October 5, 1966.
October 8 - Iraq disarmament crisis: President of the UN Security Council says that Iraq must withdraw its troops from the Kuwait border and immediately cooperate with weapons inspectors
December 19 - A planned exchange rate correction of the Mexican Peso to the USDollar, becomes a massive financial meltdown in Mexico, unleashing the 'Tequila' effect on global financial markets. This will prompt a USD 50 billion 'bailout' by the US (Bill Clinton's) administration.
January - One month before the Winter Olympic Games, ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by fellow skater Tonya Harding's boyfriend. The man clubbed Kerrigan in the knee. Kerrigan and Harding both competed in the Olympics, but Harding stumbled through her routine. She was later banned from the professional skating world for her connection to the attack.
Security Council resolution 953 (1994) on extension of the mandate of the UN Operation in Somalia II Security Council resolution 952 (1994) on extension of the mandate of the UN Angola Verification Mission II and reaching of an agreement for establishing of an effective and sustainable cease-fire as a matter of urgency
Security Council resolution 942 (1994) on reinforcement and extension of measures imposed by the Security Council resolutions with regard to those areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb forces, to assist the parties to give effect to the proposed territorial settlement in...
Security Council resolution 940 (1994) on authorization to form a multinational force under unified command and control to restore the legitimately elected President and authorities of the Government of Haiti and extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Haiti
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