At A Glance
7 July 1994 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 7 July 1994 was a Thursday.
- 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 7 July is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 7 July 1994 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 7 July 1994 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 7 July
- 1985 Boris Becker becomes the youngest male player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
- 1991 Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1992 The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
- 1997 The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
- 2003 NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
Famous people born on 7 July
- Ringo Starr, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (born 1940)
- Hamish Linklater, American actor and playwright (born 1976)
- Cree Summer, American-Canadian actress (born 1969)
- Shelley Duvall, American actress, writer, and producer (1949–2024)
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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