A Look Back At

Born in 1994

What Was Life Like in 1994?

Who Was in Charge?

President

Bill Clinton

Gas (per gallon)

$1.11

Loaf of Bread

$0.88

Average House

$130,000

Weekly Wage

$459

A selection from Wikipedia's '1994 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

March 21 – The 66th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Steven Spielberg's Holocaust drama, Schindler's List, wins seven Oscars out of 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
May 10 – Weezer released their first studio album Weezer.
June 15 – Walt Disney Pictures' 32nd feature film, The Lion King, is released in theaters to critical acclaim, making $422,783,777 in the United States ($951,583,777 worldwide). It is the highest-grossing film of the year and the highest grossing traditionally-animated film of all time.
July 5 – Amazon is founded by Jeff Bezos.
September 10 – The Magic School Bus debuts on PBS.
September 22 – The pilot episode of Friends airs on NBC.
October 12 – Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen found DreamWorks Pictures.
October 14 – Pulp Fiction, a movie by Quentin Tarantino, premieres. It soon after becomes the highest grossing independent film ever made.