At A Glance
20 February 1994 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 February 1994 was a Sunday.
- 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 20 February is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 February 1994 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 February 1994 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 20 February
- 1986 The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
- 1988 The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- 1991 In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
- 1998 American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
- 2005 Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
Famous people born on 20 February
- Justin Verlander, American baseball player (born 1983)
- Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer (born 2003)
- Kurt Cobain, American musician (1967–1994)
- Rihanna, Barbadian singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and actress (born 1988)
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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