At A Glance
2 November 1994 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 November 1994 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1994
- The Irish chart song for 1994 was “Rock My Heart” by Haddaway.
- Top Film of 1994
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1994 was The Lion King.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 1994 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 November 1994 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 2 November
- 1982 Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting.
- 1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
- 1988 The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- 1990 British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
- 2000 Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
Famous people born on 2 November
- Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793)
- Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host (born 1965)
- David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
- Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (1865–1923)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1994 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1994 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 30 April – Ireland won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rock 'n' Roll Kids. The stepdance show Riverdance performed its world premiere during the interval.
- 20 May – The fourth People In Need Telethon was held.
- 6 June – Irish D-Day Normandy landings veterans joined Allied leaders at a 50th commemorative ceremony on Omaha Beach.
Life in Ireland in 1994
Taoiseach
Albert Reynolds
Petrol (per litre)
£1.60/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.70
Average House
£38,000
Weekly Wage
£99
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