At A Glance
27 October 1994 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 October 1994 was a Thursday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Baby Come Back” by Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell.
- Top Film of 1994
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1994 was The Lion King.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 October 1994 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 October 1994 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 27 October
- 1981 Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
- 1986 The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
- 1988 Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
- 1991 Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1994 Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
Famous people born on 27 October
- Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (1858–1919)
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil (born 1945)
- John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer (born 1939)
- Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (1932–1963)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1994 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1994 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 19 March – Europe's first inverted roller coaster, Nemesis, opens at Alton Towers.
- 6 May – The Channel Tunnel, a 51 km (32 mi) long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover, is officially opened by the Queen and French President François Mitterrand.
- 14 July – The Queen opens the SIS Building, the new headquarters of MI6 on the banks of the River Thames in London.
Life in 1994
Prime Minister
John Major
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£1.30
Loaf of Bread
62p
Average House
£56,955
Weekly Wage
£330.00
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