At A Glance

2 July 1994 at a glance

Day of the week
2 July 1994 was a Saturday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Love Is All Around” by Wet Wet Wet.
Top Film of 1994
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1994 was The Lion King.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 1994
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1994 was the Holden Commodore.
Star sign
The star sign for 2 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 2 July 1994 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 2 July 1994 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 2 July

  • 1976 End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  • 1986 Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile in the Quemados case.
  • 1997 The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
  • 2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in the 2000 Mexican general election.
  • 2005 The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.

Famous people born on 2 July

  • Jerry Hall, American model and actress (born 1956)
  • Olav V, Norwegian king, 1957–1991 (1903–1991)
  • Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer (born 1990)
  • Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer (born 1986)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1994 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1994 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – The Duchess of York's sister, Jane Makim, marries for a second time in a cliff-top ceremony in Sydney. The ceremony, conducted by a female celebrant, took place at the exclusive Jonah's Restaurant.
  • 27 February – Sport and Environment Minister Ros Kelly resigns over the "sports rorts affair", which involved her department's law methods and alleged political bias in administering some $30 million in grants to sporting bodies.
  • 26 March – The 1994 Warringah by-election is won by Tony Abbott – the electorate vacated by Michael MacKellar.

Life in Australia in 1994

Prime Minister

Paul Keating

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.67

Loaf of Bread

$1.62

Average House

$133,000

Weekly Wage

$640.00

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