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21 October 1994 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 October 1994 was a Friday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “I'll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men.
- 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 21 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 October 1994 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 October 1994 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 21 October
- 1983 The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
- 1984 Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
- 1994 North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
- 2003 Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery.
- 2007 Finnish race drivers Kimi Räikkönen of Scuderia Ferrari won the Brazilian Grand Prix in Formula One. With this result, Räikkönen became world champion, surpassing McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point in the drivers' standings.
Famous people born on 21 October
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949)
- Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite (born 1980)
- Glen Powell, American actor (born 1988)
- Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (1956–2016)
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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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