At A Glance

7 November 1994 at a glance

Day of the week
7 November 1994 was a Monday.
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 7 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 November 1994 fell in the Year of the Dog.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 November 1994 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 7 November

  • 1989 Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
  • 1990 Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
  • 1991 Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
  • 1994 WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launches the world's first internet radio broadcast.
  • 1996 NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

Famous people born on 7 November

  • Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1867–1934)
  • Gervonta Davis, American boxer (born 1994)
  • Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (1879–1940)
  • Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)

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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