(Friday, April 26, 1994, 8:15 p.m. JST) — China Airlines Flight 140, a Taiwanese Airbus A-300, crashed tonight while landing in Nagoya, Japan, killing 264 people. There were seven survivors (click here for a video report).
Category Archives: 1990s
Former U.S. President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke 20 years ago this hour (Apr 18 1994)
Video: 'Richard Nixon has a stroke - news 1994'
(Monday, April 18, 1994, 5:45 p.m EDT) — Former U.S. President Richard Nixon, 81, suffered a stroke today at his Park Ridge, New Jersey, home and was taken by ambulance to New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, where he was in stable condition but not able to speak.
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Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain found dead 20 years ago this hour (Apr 8 1994)
Video: 'Kurt Cobain's Death News Report from KSTW April 8, 1994'
(Friday, April 8, 1994, about 8:30 a.m. PDT) — Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead this morning in Seattle from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. It was later determined that he had died on Apr. 5, 1994.
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Two central African presidents shot down, igniting Rwandan Genocide 20 years ago this hour (Apr 6 1994)
Video: 'Video Analysis of Habyarimana Plane Crash'
(Wednesday, April 6, 1994, 8:26 p.m. local time) — The Hutu president of Rwanda, Juvenal Habyarimana, was killed TODAY along with the president of Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira, when their plane was apparently shot down near the Rwandan capital of Kigali. What followed was a 100-day genocide in Rwanda during which more than 500,000 minority Tutsis and moderate members of the Hutu majority were killed by Hutu extremists.
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Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain commits suicide 20 years ago today (Apr 5 1994)
Video: 'Kurt Cobain - Mini Biography'
(Tuesday, April 5, 1994) — Nirvana singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain, 27, fatally shot himself today above his garage in Seattle. His body was not found for three days.
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Wayne Gretzky breaks Gordie Howe’s NHL goal-scoring record 20 years ago tonight (Mar 23 1994)
Video: 'Canucks & Kings March 23 1994 - Gretzky Scores 802 (Part 1)'
(Wednesday, March 23, 1994, 7:12 p.m. PST) — Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke Gordie Howe’s National Hockey League career record with his 802nd goal tonight in Inglewood, California.
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Mexican candidate shot to death 20 years ago this hour (Mar 23 1994)
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(Wednesday, March 23, 1994, 7:12 p.m. PST) — Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexico’s leading presidential candidate, was assassinated today, shot in the head with a .38 Special a distance of a few centimeters in front of a person recording video nearby, during a rally in Tijuana.
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75 die in ‘Kid in the Cockpit’ plane crash 20 years ago this hour (Mar 23 1994)
Video: 'AeroFlot Crash Flight 593 Documentary - Kid In The Cockpit'
(Wednesday, March 23, 1994, 8:49 p.m. GMT) — Aeroflot Flight 593, an Airbus A310, crashed in Siberia with the loss of all 75 people on board. It turned out the teenage son of a pilot who was allowed to sit at the controls accidentally disengaged the autopilot, causing the jetliner to plunge to the ground.
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‘Schindler’s List’ wins Best Picture at 66th Academy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Mar 21 1994)
Video: '66th (1994) Oscars' (12 videos in playlist)
(Monday, March 21, 1994, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Schindler’s List, an epic historical drama film about the Holocaust, won seven Oscars tonight at the 66th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Steven Spielberg for Best Director. Tom Hanks won Best Actor for Philadelphia and Holly Hunter won Best Actress for The Piano. Continue reading ‘Schindler’s List’ wins Best Picture at 66th Academy Awards 20 years ago this hour (Mar 21 1994)
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Tonya Harding pleads guilty for covering up attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan 20 years ago today (Mar 16, 1994)
(Wednesday, March 16, 1994) — Figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty today in Portland, Oregon, to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, avoiding jail but drawing a $100,000 fine.
