What Happened In July 1994 In History

Historical Events for July, 1994

• 4th » Rwandan Genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
• 8th » Kim Jong-il begins to assume List of leaders of North Korea e.g supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
• 16th » Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collides with Jupiter. Impacts continue until July 22.
• 18th » The 1994 AMIA bombing called bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Jewish Community Center) in Buenos Aires kills 85 people (mostly Jewish) and injures 300.
• 18th » Rwandan Genocide: The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Gisenyi and north western Rwanda, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the genocide.
• 25th » Israel and Jordan sign the Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace e.g Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1994

• 1st » Montserrat González, Paraguayan tennis player
• 1st » Anri Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
• 6th » Camilla Rosso, English actress
• 6th » Rebecca Rosso, English actress
• 7th » Timothy Cathcart, Irish race car driver (d. 2014)
• 11th » Lucas Ocampos, Argentinian footballer
• 11th » Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 13th » Ridge Canipe, American actor
• 13th » Hayley Erin, American actress
• 16th » Mark Indelicato, American actor and singer
• 22nd » Lindsey Rayl, American actress and singer
• 26th » Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
• 29th » Tjaša Šrimpf, Slovenian tennis player

Famous Deaths for July 1994

• 1st » Merriam Modell, American author (b. 1908)
• 2nd » Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
• 3rd » Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (b. 1934)
• 4th » Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (b. 1964)
• 6th » Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
• 6th » Geoff McQueen, English screenwriter (b. 1947)
• 7th » Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (b. 1924)
• 7th » Cameron Mitchell (actor) called Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
• 7th » Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general (b. 1907)
• 8th » Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 8th » Kim Il-sung, North Korean commander and politician, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
• 8th » Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
• 8th » Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
• 9th » Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
• 11th » Savannah (pornographic actress) called Savannah, American porn actress (b. 1970)
• 11th » Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (b. 1942)
• 14th » César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1940)
• 16th » Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian priest and broadcaster (b. 1908)
• 16th » Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 17th » Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)
• 19th » Victor Barbeau, Canadian author and academic (b. 1896)
• 21st » Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
• 26th » James Luther Adams, American theologian and educator (b. 1901)
• 26th » Christy Henrich, American gymnast (b. 1972)
• 26th » Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 26th » Terry Scott, English actor (b. 1927)
• 27th » Kevin Carter, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1960)
• 29th » John Britton (doctor) called John Britton, American physician (b. 1925)
• 29th » Dorothy Hodgkin, Egyptian-English biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 30th » Ryszard Riedel, Polish singer-songwriter (Dżem) (b. 1956)

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