1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix
Boesel retired, while Jones and Matsushita were eventually push-started continued in the race. However, Matsushita returned to the pits for a new rear wing as the marshals had accidentally broken off his already-damaged rear wing in their attempt to push the car away. Fernandez turned around in the escape road and continued on, however the marshals were busy dealing with the first-chicane accident and Tracy sat against the turn 4 tyre wall for a full lap under yellow before the marshals could give him a push-start. Rahal later stated in an interview with ABC's Jack Arute that he was bumped from behind coming to the green flag and into another car. This broke the front wing, which then ran under the nose of the car, causing it to lose steering.


1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix
The race finally started around 4 p.m., with Andretti overtaking Mansell on the first lap.


1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix
Michael Andretti got by Mansell after the start (the third attempt), as did Robby Gordon. In Turn 5 he muscled his way past Mansell, who soon outbraked the Californian in the same place. On Lap 17 Gordon spun and crashed after he clipped too much curb in the backstretch chicanes. Lap 20 saw the exit of Mark Smith, who locked up the right front, and Zampedri (in his third incident of the race) who seemed to be watching Smith rather than the road. As a result, he braked too late for the corner, locking up his right-front tire and slid off the track into Smith.


1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix
On the restart Andretti caught a huge break when Mansell spun on the damp track in front of Emerson Fittipaldi and Teo Fabi. A moment later in the second chicane Michael slid into the tyre barrier but continued on undamaged. Mansell later spun off in Turn 9 while passing Maurício Gugelmin. He spun the car around, but bumped the wall with the left rear tyre and stalled the engine. On Lap 38 Stefan Johansson and rookie Jacques Villeneuve touched coming towards Turn 9, ending the Canadian's IndyCar debut early. Later on, because of the delays, darkness fell over the circuit.


1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix
Former racer Chip Ganassi, whose car was in the lead, was very concerned about visibility. He pleaded with CART to end the race after saying to ABC's Gary Gerould, "This is a dangerous situation! The lights are on along the pits here! The lights are on at the Marriott hotel...the race needs to be stopped!" The circuit was lit during the end of the race, but not sufficiently to run safely as a night race, and the 65 lap distance was shortened by 10 laps due to darkness.


1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix
Andretti, leading all 55 laps, won in his Ganassi debut, which was also Reynard's first IndyCar race. This continued their record of winning on their debut in various categories including Formula 3 and F3000. Emerson Fittipaldi, driving the new Penske PC-23, finished second, followed by Mario Andretti, who began his final CART season with the final podium finish of his Indy car career. Jimmy Vasser and Stefan Johansson rounded out the Top five.


1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix, Qualifying results
R = Rookie driver, DNQ = Did not qualify, W = Andrea Montermini withdrew from the race after a crash during Saturday morning practice.


1994 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 36th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held in 1994. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of the year.


1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship
The 1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It was the 25th national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and 2nd to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name.


1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship
1994 saw the series debut of young Queanbeyan driver and future multiple Formula One Grand Prix winner Mark Webber. Driving an ex-Craig Lowndes Van Diemen RF93 his father had purchased for him, Webber finished 14th in the series.


1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Steven Richards, the son of multiple Bathurst and Australian Touring Car Champion Jim Richards, dominated the series winning six of the eight rounds in his Valvoline sponsored Van Diemen. Finishing second (also in a Van Diemen) was Gavin Monaghan, with Jason Bright finishing third in his Swift SC93F.


1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship
Van Diemen was easily the most popular chassis in the series with over 20 appearing on the grids. Swift Racing Cars supplied seven cars, while the lone Reynard in the field was driven by another future Bathurst winner, Jason Bargwanna.


1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship, Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight-round series with two races per round.


1994 Australian Grand Prix
The 1994 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LIX Adelaide Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 November 1994 at the Adelaide Street Circuit. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship. The 81-lap race was won by Nigel Mansell driving for the Williams team after starting from pole position. Gerhard Berger finished second in a Ferrari car with Martin Brundle third for the McLaren team.


1994 Australian Grand Prix
The race is remembered, besides being the closing of one of the most tragic seasons in the history of the category, also for an incident involving the two title contenders Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher which forced both to retire and resulted in Schumacher winning the World Drivers' Championship. Also notable was the last appearance in a Formula One Grand Prix of the first incarnation of Team Lotus, previously seven-time Constructors' Champions. It was also the 31st and last Grand Prix victory of Nigel Mansell's Formula One career.


1994 Australian Grand Prix
As of 2020, this was the last Formula One race where the number of entrants exceeded the number of places on the starting grid. This would also prove to be the last Grand Prix for Christian Fittipaldi, Franck Lagorce, Michele Alboreto, Hideki Noda, David Brabham, JJ Lehto and Paul Belmondo and the first Grand Prix for Jean-Denis Délétraz.


1994 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Heading into the final race of the season, Benetton driver Michael Schumacher was leading the Drivers' Championship with 92 points; Williams driver Damon Hill was second on 91 points, one point behind Schumacher. Williams led the Constructors' Championship with 108 points, while Benetton were 5 points behind with 103. Thus, both titles were still at stake and they would be determined in the final round.


1994 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Schumacher took the lead at the start, with Hill second behind him. The order between the two remained the same until lap 36. Hill was catching Schumacher when the Benetton driver went off the track at the East Terrace corner, hitting a wall with his right side wheels before pulling back onto the track. Hill had rounded the fifth corner of the track when Schumacher pulled across the track ahead of him to the left. At the next corner Hill attempted to pass Schumacher; the two collided when Schumacher turned in. Schumacher was eliminated on the spot.


1994 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Hill attempted to continue the race and pitted immediately, but retired from the race with irreparable damage to the car's front left suspension wishbone. As neither driver scored, Schumacher took the title. After Schumacher and Hill retired Mansell took the lead of the race. Mansell stayed in the lead until he made his second pit stop. After Mansell pitted Berger took the lead and stayed in the lead after his second pit stop. On lap 64 Mansell overtook Berger to retake the lead of the race.


1994 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Mika Häkkinen was running 5th in the closing stages behind teammate Brundle and Barrichello until his brakes failed on lap 77 sending him off into the wall backwards into retirement but was classified 12th. Mansell stayed in the lead for the rest of the race to win, with Berger finishing second and Brundle finishing third ahead of Barrichello, Panis and Jean Alesi in the other Ferrari completing the top 6.


1994 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Schumacher was blamed for the incident by many Formula One insiders. After investigation the race stewards judged it as a racing incident and took no action against Schumacher. Schumacher, at age 25 was Germany's first Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion, but under highly controversial circumstances.


1994 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Schumacher has always maintained that the collision was a racing incident, a view that met with a large degree of media cynicism, particularly in the UK.


1994 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Although Hill deliberately avoided becoming involved in the outcry at the time, in later years he explicitly accused Schumacher of deliberately driving into him. Formula One commentator Murray Walker maintained that Schumacher did not cause the crash intentionally while his co-commentators for the race, former F1 driver Jonathan Palmer and pit reporter Barry Sheene both claimed that the crash was entirely Schumacher's fault.


1994 Australian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Patrick Head of the Williams team stated to F1 Racing magazine that in 1994 "Williams were already 100% certain that Michael was guilty of foul play", but did not protest Schumacher's title because the team was still dealing with the death of Ayrton Senna; . Schumacher has been blamed by the UK public for the incident – in 2003, the BBC conducted a search for "The Most Unsporting Moment" in which the Adelaide incident was nominated. Hill's 1994 season earned him the 1994 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.


1994 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The 1994 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was held at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura, Victoria on 22 January 1994. Two time defending champion Leigh Adams won his third straight Australian Championship and his first with a 15 point maximum. Jason Lyons finished second for the second straight year while Jason Crump, the son of dour time Australian Champion Phil Crump finished third making it an all-Mildura rider podium.


1994 Australian Indoor Championships
The 1994 Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia and was part of the Championship Series of the 1994 ATP Tour. It was the 22nd and last edition of the tournament and was held from 3 through 10 October 1994. Seventh-seeded Richard Krajicek won the singles title.


1994 Australian Indoor Championships, Finals, Doubles
Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis defeated  Byron Black /  Jonathan Stark 6–4, 7–6


1994 Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles
Patrick McEnroe and Richey Reneberg were the defending champions but only Reneberg competed that year with Jim Grabb.


1994 Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles
Grabb and Reneberg lost in the first round to Mark Kratzmann and Brett Steven.


1994 Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Byron Black and Jonathan Stark.


1994 Australian Indoor Championships – Singles
Jaime Yzaga was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Aaron Krickstein.


1994 Australian Indoor Championships – Singles
Richard Krajicek won in the final 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–3 against Boris Becker.


1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition for 2.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with FIA Class II rules. The championship, which was promoted as the 1994 Valvoline Australian Manufacturers' Championship, began on 17 April 1994 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 28 August at Oran Park Raceway after six rounds. The series determined both the winning automobile manufacturer in the 22nd Australian Manufacturers' Championship and the winning driver in the second annual Australian title for drivers of Class II Touring Cars. This title was awarded as the Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship in 1993 and as the Australian Super Touring Championship from 1995.


1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.


1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Race calendar
The 1994 Australian Manufacturers Championship was contested over a six-round series in four states with two races per round.


1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Results, Drivers Championship
Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the top ten positions in each race. Round positions were decided by the total points scored over the two races. In the event of two or more drivers having the same points for a round, they were ranked by finishing order in the second race.


1994 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships
The 1994 Adelaide International, also known by its sponsored name Pure Milk Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships, was an ATP tennis tournament held in Adelaide, Australia. The tournament was part of the World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour and was held from 3 to 10 January 1994.


1994 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships
Yevgeny Kafelnikov won his 1st title of the year, and the 16th of his career.


1994 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships, Finals, Doubles
Andrew Kratzmann /  Mark Kratzmann defeated  David Adams /  Byron Black 6–4, 6–3


1994 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1994 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles
Andrew Kratzmann and Mark Kratzmann won the title, defeating Byron Black and Grant Connell 6–4, 6–3 in the final.


1994 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Alexander Volkov 6–4, 6–3 to secure the title.


1994 Australian Open
The 1994 Australian Open (also known as the 1994 Ford Australian Open for sponsorship purposes) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 82nd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 17–30 January 1994.


1994 Australian Open, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis defeated  Byron Black /  Jonathan Stark 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–3


1994 Australian Open, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Patty Fendick /  Meredith McGrath 6–3, 4–6, 6–4


1994 Australian Open, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Larisa Neiland /  Andrei Olhovskiy defeated  Helena Suková /  Todd Woodbridge 7–5, 6–7(0–7), 6–2


1994 Australian Open, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Ben Ellwood /  Mark Philippoussis defeated  Jamie Delgado /  Roman Kukal 4–6, 6–2, 6–1


1994 Australian Open, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Corina Morariu /  Ludmila Varmužová defeated  Yvette Basting /  Alexandra Schneider 7–5, 2–6, 7–5


1994 Australian Open (snooker)
The 1994 Australian Open was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–7 August 1994 at the Bentleigh Club in Melbourne, Australia.


1994 Australian Open (snooker)
John Higgins won the tournament by defeating Willie Thorne 9–5 in the final.


1994 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Danie Visser and Laurie Warder were the defending champions, but they did not compete together this year. Visser participated alongside Jim Grabb and was defeated in the first round by Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez, while Warder participated alongside Brett Steven and was defeated also in the first round by Goran Ivanišević and Marc Rosset.


1994 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis ended up winning the title, defeating Byron Black and Jonathan Stark in the final. This was the first final and Grand Slam victory for the Dutch pair, who would go on to complete a Career Grand Slam.


1994 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Pete Sampras defeated Todd Martin 7–6(7–4) 6–4 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1994 Australian Open. Jim Courier was the two-time defending champion, but he lost in the semifinals to Sampras.


1994 Australian Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Pete Sampras is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1994 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1994 Australian Open.


1994 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sánchez Vicario with Emilio Sánchez and Woodbridge with Helena Suková.


1994 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Sánchez Vicario and Sánchez lost in the semifinals to Suková and Woodbridge.


1994 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Suková and Woodbridge lost in the final 7–5, 6–7 (0–7), 6–2 against Larisa Neiland and Andrei Olhovskiy.


1994 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1994 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
The Women's Doubles competition at the 1994 Australian Open was held between 17 January and 30 January 1994 on outdoor hard courts at the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia. Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva won the title, defeating Patty Fendick and Meredith McGrath in the final.


1994 Australian Open – Women's Singles
First-seeded Steffi Graf won the title without losing a set, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–0, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1994 Australian Open. By winning her 4th straight Grand Slam event, Graf completed her 1st Non Calendar Year Slam, the 'Steffi Slam'. This was the 2nd time in her career that she'd won 4 consecutive majors after her Grand Slam in 1988.


1994 Australian Open – Women's Singles
Monica Seles was the three-time defending champion, but did not participate due to her on-court knife attack in April 1993.


1994 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1994 Australian Open.


1994 Australian Production Car Championship
The 1994 Australian Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group 3E Series Production Cars. It was the eighth Australian Production Car Championship and the first to be restricted to front wheel drive cars with an engine capacity of under 2.5 litres. The championship was won by South Australian Phil Morriss, driving a Nissan Pulsar SSS.


1994 Australian Production Car Championship, Calendar
The title was contested over a six round series with two races per round.


1994 Australian Production Car Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten finishers in each race.


1994 Australian Production Car Championship, Points system
A separate Class B award was open to drivers of Group 3E cars of up to 1.6 litre engine capacity, with points awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Class B finishers in each race.


1994 Australian Sports Sedan Championship
The 1994 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Sports Sedans complying with Group 2D regulations. The title, which was the tenth Australian Sports Sedan Championship, was contested over two eight lap races held at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 4 September 1994.


1994 Australian Sports Sedan Championship
The championship was won by Brian Smith driving an Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Chevrolet.


1994 Australian Super Production Car Series
The 1994 Australian Super Production Car Series was an Australian motor racing competition for production cars. It was the first and only series to be contested under the Australian Super Production Car Series name prior to the adoption of "Australian GT Production Car Series" for 1995 and subsequently "Australian GT Production Car Championship" for 1996.


1994 Australian Super Production Car Series
The 1994 series differed from the 1994 Australian Production Car Championship in that it was open to cars more closely aligned with the James Hardie 12 Hour rather than restricted to the under 2.5 litre front wheel drive cars which were eligible for the Production Car Championship. It was won by Brad Jones driving a Lotus Esprit.


1994 Australian Super Production Car Series, Schedule
The series was contested over six rounds with one race per round. Each round was a support race to a round of the 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.


1994 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Touring Cars. The championship, which was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian Title, was the 35th Australian Touring Car Championship. Promoted as the Shell Australian Touring Car Championship, it was contested over 10 rounds between February and July 1994.


1994 Australian Touring Car Championship
The championship was won by Mark Skaife driving a Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore.


1994 Australian Touring Car Championship, Pre-season
The Ford EB Falcon and Holden VP Commodore were both homologated with new aerodynamic packages, the Falcon gaining controversial protrusions from its front splitter.


1994 Australian Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship:


1994 Australian Touring Car Championship, Race calendar
The 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 1994 saw the last ATCC race at the tight, 1.94 km (1.20 mi) Amaroo Park circuit in Sydney.


1994 Australian Touring Car Championship, Race calendar
Each round comprised Qualifying, the Peter Jackson Dash, which was contested by the six fastest drivers from Qualifying, and two feature races.


1994 Australian Touring Car season
The 1994 Australian Touring Car season was the 35th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.


1994 Australian Touring Car season
Two major touring car categories raced in Australia during 1994, 5.0 Litre Touring Cars and 2.0 Litre Touring Cars. Between them there were 21 touring car race meetings held during 1994; a ten-round series for 5.0 Litre and 2.0 Litre Touring Cars - the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a six-round series for 2.0 Litre Touring Cars - the 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship (AMC); support programme events at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix and 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix, two stand alone long-distance races, nicknamed 'enduros'; the Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek Raceway.


1994 Australian Touring Car season, Results and standings, Race calendar
The 1994 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.


1994 Australian Touring Car season, Results and standings, Winfield Triple Challenge
Held at Eastern Creek Raceway , this meeting featured 5.0 Litre Touring Cars, Superbikes and Drag Racing.


1994 Australian Touring Car season, Results and standings, Courier Mail Gold Coast 100
This meeting was a support event of the 1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix. Unusually the main event was held on the Saturday with the shorter sprint event held the next day.


1994 Australian Touring Car season, Results and standings, Sensational Adelaide Touring Cars
This meeting was a support event of the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.


1994 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1994 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 March 1994 at Eastern Creek Raceway.


1994 Austrian European Union membership referendum
A referendum on European Union membership was held in Austria on 12 June 1994. The question asked was Shall the National Council's decision on the Constitutional Law (Bundesverfassungsgesetz) concerning the Accession of Austria to the European Union be enacted as law?. The result of the vote was 66.6% in favour, with a turnout of 82.3%. Austria joined the EU as part of the 1995 enlargement.


1994 Austrian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 9 October 1994. The Social Democratic Party won the most seats, and retained the grand coalition with the Austrian People's Party. Voter turnout was 81.9%.


1994 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1994 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 May 1994 at the Salzburgring.


1994 Axa Equity & Law League
The 1994 AXA Equity & Law League was the twenty-sixth competing of English cricket’s Sunday League. The competition was won, as part of their historic treble of County Championship, Sunday League and Benson & Hedges Cup, by Warwickshire County Cricket Club.


1994 BC Lions season
The 1994 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with an 11–6–1 record. They won all of their playoff games and won the 82nd Grey Cup at home in Vancouver, British Columbia.


1994 BDO World Darts Championship
The 1994 Embassy World Darts Championship was held following two years of controversy within the sport of darts. After the 1993 Championships, several players decided it was time to part company with the British Darts Organisation and form their own organisation, known as the World Darts Council. By the start of this tournament, the WDC were in the closing days of their own 1994 World Championship, with Dennis Priestley going on to beat Phil Taylor in the final.


1994 BDO World Darts Championship
Phil Taylor, Dennis Priestley, Rod Harrington, Alan Warriner, Peter Evison, Richie Gardner, Jocky Wilson, Eric Bristow, Keith Deller, John Lowe, Bob Anderson, Cliff Lazarenko, Kevin Spiolek, Jamie Harvey, Mike Gregory and Chris Johns were the players who formed the WDC and therefore did not participate at these 1994 Championships. Mike Gregory and Chris Johns eventually decided to go back to the BDO, but were unable to play in the 1994 BDO World Championship as their change of heart came too late for them to be able to qualify.


1994 BDO World Darts Championship
Of the 32 players who took part in the 1994 Embassy World Championship, 17 were world championship debutants, with many having never appeared in front of TV cameras before, including the eventual champion, John Part. Of the remaining 15 players in the tournament, only 8 of those had appeared in the 1993 Embassy World Championship, with the other 7 having previously appeared in the Embassy World Championship in years before 1993.


1994 BDO World Darts Championship
In an astonishing first round, 7 out of the 8 seeded players were knocked out, including the new BDO World Number One, Steve Beaton who had risen to the top of the rankings as a result of the defecting players. Only number 3 seed Roland Scholten won his first round match, although he went out in round two.


1994 BDO World Darts Championship
As a result, players previously unheard of had a chance to make a name for themselves and Canada's John Part dropped only one set en route to the Championship. He beat Ronnie Baxter, Paul Lim, Steve McCollum and Ronnie Sharp on the way to final. Part then overwhelmed Bobby George 6-0 in the final.


1994 BDO World Darts Championship
George, despite struggling with back problems, had reached his first final in 14 years. His semi-final against Sweden's Magnus Caris saw him comeback from 4 sets to 2 down, winning 9 successive legs to secure his place in the final. In the final, George hit less than 10% of his checkouts (5 from 49 attempts due to the immense pain caused by his broken back which he didn't know was broken at the time.


1994 BDO World Darts Championship
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1994 BDO World Darts Championship
Future three-time winner Martin Adams would also make his debut in this year's tournament. He qualified for the event every year until 2018, meaning he has the record for the BDO World Championship and is behind only Steve Beaton, Phil Taylor and John Lowe for consecutive appearances across both versions of the world championship.


1994 BDO World Darts Championship, Prize money
There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £1,500.


1994 BMW Open
The 1994 BMW Open was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament held in Munich, Germany. The tournament was held from 25 April through 2 May 1994. First-seeded Michael Stich won the singles title.


1994 BMW Open, Finals, Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov /  David Rikl defeated  Boris Becker /  Petr Korda 7–6, 7–5


1994 BMW Open – Doubles
Martin Damm and Henrik Holm were the defending champions, but did not play together this year. Damm partnered Karel Nováček, losing in the first round. Holm partnered Anders Järryd, losing in the first round.


1994 BMW Open – Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov and David Rikl won the title, defeating Boris Becker and Petr Korda 7–6, 7–5 in the final.


1994 BMW Open – Singles
Ivan Lendl was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1994 BMW Open – Singles
Michael Stich won the title, defeating Petr Korda 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 in the final.


1994 BPR Global GT Series
The 1994 BPR International GT Endurance Series was the inaugural season of BPR Global GT Series. It was a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into four classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, using the names GT1 through GT4. It began on 6 March 1994 and ended 13 November 1994 after 8 races, although no championships were held over the course of the season, each race was an independent event.


1994 BVV Prague Open
The 1994 BVV Prague Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club in Prague in the Czech Republic that was part of Tier IV of the 1994 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the  tournament and was held from 10 May until 15 May 1994. First-seeded Amanda Coetzer won the singles title.


1994 BVV Prague Open, Finals, Doubles
Amanda Coetzer /  Linda Harvey-Wild defeated  Kristie Boogert /  Laura Golarsa 6–4, 3–6, 6–2


1994 BVV Prague Open – Doubles
Inés Gorrochategui and Patricia Tarabini were the defending champions, but none competed this year.


1994 BVV Prague Open – Doubles
Amanda Coetzer and Linda Harvey Wild won the title by defeating Kristie Boogert and Laura Golarsa 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the final.


1994 BVV Prague Open – Singles
Natalia Medvedeva was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Silke Frankl


1994 BVV Prague Open – Singles
Amanda Coetzer won the title by defeating Åsa Carlsson 6–1, 7–6(16–14) in the final.


1994 BYU Cougars football team
The 1994 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 23rd-year head coach LaVell Edwards and played their home games at Cougar Stadium in Provo, Utah. BYU finished with a record of 10–3 (6–2 WAC) to finish tied for second in the Western Athletic Conference. This was the first season since 1988 that the Cougars failed to win at least a share of the WAC conference title. BYU was invited to the 1994 Copper Bowl, where they defeated Oklahoma. They were ranked 10th in the final Coaches Poll and 18th in the final AP Poll.


1994 Badminton Asian Cup
The 1994 Badminton Asian Cup was the second edition of Badminton Asian Cup. It was held in Beijing Gymnasium, Beijing, China from 14 to 18 June with total prize money of US$120,000. Chinese team won titles in both the singles events and mixed doubles while Indonesia and South Korea won the men's doubles and women's doubles title respectively.


1994 Badminton Asian Cup, Results, Semifinals
The table below gives an overview of the semifinals results of 1994 Asian Cup.


1994 Badminton World Cup
The 1994 Badminton World Cup was the sixteenth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 1994 with a total prize money of US$170,000. Indonesia won both the singles event with women's doubles while Malaysia won Men's doubles and cross country pair from Denmark & Sweden won the mixed doubles.


1994 Bagratashen bombing
A bombing occurred in Bagratashen village market in northern Armenia on September 4, 1994 in which 14 people were killed (including the two perpetrators) and 46 were injured, although initial reports talked about 10 deaths and 26 injuries.


1994 Bagratashen bombing
Bagratashen is a relatively large village in Armenia's Tavush province, on the Armenian-Georgian border, not far from Azerbaijan. Sadakhlo, a large Azerbaijani populated village of 10,000, is located on the Georgian side of the border. During the 1990s, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the area was "a center of mafia gangs dealing particularly in black-market fuel" because Armenia was under embargo from Azerbaijan, while the Armenian-Turkish border was closed since 1993 due to the conflict with Azerbaijan. Armenia and Azerbaijan were involved in a bloody conflict in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.


1994 Bagratashen bombing
The bombing was perpetrated by Imran Huseinov of Baku and Turkmen Jafarov of Bula village in Marneuli district in Georgia. Both ethnic Azerbaijanis.


1994 Bagratashen bombing
According to the local officials, the "explosive device had been planted in a briefcase." The explosion included a wide area.


1994 Bahia gubernatorial election
Bahia gubernatorial election, 1994 was held in the Brazilian state of Bahia on October 3, alongside Brazil's general election, with a second round on November 15. PFL candidate, Paulo Souto, was elected on November 15, 1994.


1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns
1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns, or Sherlock Holmes Returns! In The Adventure of the Tiger's Revenge and sometimes shortened to just Sherlock Holmes Returns, is a 1993 American television movie about the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, starring Anthony Higgins as Holmes. In its title and basic premise, it is very similar to a 1987 TV movie, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, but the plot details of the two films are quite different.


1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns, Plot
Sherlock Holmes is awakened in modern times from suspended animation as a result of an earthquake. He is aided in his recovery by Dr. Amy Winslow (Debrah Farentino), who lives in Baker Street in San Francisco. Holmes pits his wits against the descendants of the Moriarty family, led by James Moriarty Booth. He is also aided by a new group of Baker Street Irregulars led by Zapper (Mark Adair-Rios).


1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns, Production
It was written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, and was broadcast on CBS. Higgins had previously played Professor Moriarty in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985). The television film was intended to lead to an ongoing series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Winslow.


1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns, Reception
Variety described the film as "derivative premise, thin content and production values, awkward dialogue...and consistent overacting."


1994 Baku Metro bombings
The 1994 Baku Metro bombings was a series of terrorist incidents in Baku, Azerbaijan. The first attack was perpetrated at the "20 January" metro station, while the second one took place between the "28 May" and "Ganjlik" stations. As a result of the first attack, 14 people were killed and 49 wounded. The second attack resulted in 13 people killed and 42 injured.


1994 Baku Metro bombings
The responsibility was assumed by Sadval, a Lezghin separatist movement, now in oblivion. Eleven indirect perpetrators of the first attack were charged: two have been sentenced to life imprisonment and nine others to 15 years. The lone perpetrator of the second attack was also sentenced to life imprisonment.


1994 Baku Metro bombings, The bombings
The first attack, a suicide bombing, occurred on 19 March at the "20 January" metro station at 13:00 local time. The time bomb planted under a seat in the head railroad car detonated when it stopped at the station, killing the immediate perpetrator Oktay Gurbanov. The lead railroad car was destroyed and the station's roof partially collapsed. Among the victims was Azeri jazzman Rafig Babayev, whose workplace was near the station. The work of Baku Metro was temporarily suspended afterwards.


1994 Baku Metro bombings, The bombings
The second attack was perpetrated on 3 July. The bomb (a remote controlled gelatine explosive, according to Azeri intelligence authorities) detonated at 8:30 a.m. local time when the train, having departed from the "28 May" station, was 500 m away from the  "Ganjlik" railway platform. The majority of persons injured in that attack has been promptly released after medical assistance.


1994 Baku Metro bombings, Investigation
Following the attacks, President Heydar Aliyev signed a decree on formation of the State Investigation Commission. During the investigation, Armenian intelligence officers, accused of involvement in the series of metro bombings in Baku as well as on Azerbaijani trains operating both in Azerbaijan and Russia, were taken into custody in Moscow. The Russian citizens Kamo Fyodorovich Saakov, an ethnic Armenian, his wife Irina Alexandrovna Saakova and Anatoly Anatolyevich Ilchuk were arrested in July 1994, charged with preparations of the attacks. In August of the same year Saakov was sentenced to life imprisonment and Ilchuk  to 15-year imprisonment for preparation of diversion, contraband and illegal custody of weaponry. The investigation ended in early October 1995.


1994 Baku Metro bombings, Investigation
On 29 November 1997, the Russian law enforcement bodies extradited to Azerbaijan the 30-year-old Lezghin Azer Aslanov, who was charged with planting a bomb in the second attack. According to Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office, Aslanov was taken prisoner by Armenian military in January 1994 while serving in the Azerbaijani army and was commissioned by the Armeniansecurity service to plant the bomb in Baku.


1994 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 1994 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its 10th and final season under head coach Paul Schudel, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record (5–3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place out of ten teams in the MAC. The team played its home games at Ball State Stadium in Muncie, Indiana.


1994 Ball State Cardinals football team
The team's statistical leaders included Brent Baldwin with 1,342 passing yards, Tony Nibbs with 1,210 rushing yards, Juan Gorman with 662 receiving yards, and Michael Blair each with 78 points scored.


1994 Ballon d'Or
The 1994 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Hristo Stoichkov on 20 December 1994.


1994 Ballon d'Or
Stoichkov was the first Bulgarian national to win the award. He was the third Barcelona player to win the trophy after Luis Suárez (1960), and Johan Cruyff (1973, 1974).


1994 Baltic Cup
The 1994 Baltic Cup football competition took place from 29–31 July 1994 at the Žalgiris Stadium in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was the fourth annual competition of the three Baltic states – Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – since they regained their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.


1994 Baltimore CFLers season
The 1994 Baltimore Football Club season was the first in the history of the Baltimore CFL franchise. Initially intended to be named the Baltimore CFL Colts, the team was forced to adopt a generic name after Robert Irsay successfully enjoined the team from using any name that might associate with the former Baltimore Colts, which he had controversially moved to Indiana 11 years prior. The team became the first American-based CFL team to play in the Grey Cup, but lost to the hometown BC Lions on a last second field goal.


1994 Baltimore CFLers season, Awards and honors
After the season, other Baltimore Stallions' received awards and accomplishments in the CFL, which are:


1994 Baltimore Orioles season
The 1994 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing 2nd in the American League East with a record of 63 wins and 49 losses. The season was cut short by the infamous 1994 player's strike.


1994 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season
By Friday August 12, 1994, when the MLB Players' Strike began, the Orioles had scored 589 runs (5.26 per game) and allowed 497 runs (4.44 per game) with a 63–49 record through 112 games. They were 2.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians (66-47) in the 1994 AL Wildcard Race.


1994 Baltimore Orioles season, Regular season
Because they had only played in 112 games by the time the Strike began, the Orioles had the fewest at-bats in the Majors, with just 3,856. The Orioles pitching staff had good control, as the Orioles had the fewest wild pitches (18) in the Majors. They also tied the Seattle Mariners for the fewest balks, with just 1. Orioles baserunners successfully stole 69 bases in the strike-shortened season and were caught stealing only 13 times: the fewest in the Majors. Their pitchers also had good control, with just 18 wild pitches thrown: the fewest in the Majors.


1994 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1994 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1994 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1994 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1994 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny
The Bangladesh Ansar mutiny was a mutiny staged from 1 December to 4 December 1994, in Shafipur and Khilgaon by a section of the Bangladesh Ansar, a paramilitary force tasked with providing security to government installations and aiding law enforcement in Bangladesh. The mutiny prompted a series of reforms by the government.


1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny, Background
The Ansar force was formed as the "East Pakistan Ansars" by the East Pakistan Ansars Act of 1948, and officially launched on 12 February 1948. From 1948 to 1972, it was under the National Service Board. In 1973, it was placed under the Ministry of Home Affairs and an Ansar cadre was formed in the Bangladesh Civil Service. Together with its sister organization Village Defence Party, it has over 4 million members including reserves.


1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny, Events
The Bangladesh Ansar mutinied in the Ansar Academy in Shafipur, and Khilgaon on 1 December 1994, demanding higher pay, job security and better treatment from officers. The mutiny was ended on 4 December 1994, when a military operation was launched by Bangladesh Rifles, supported by the Bangladesh Police and helicopters from Bangladesh Air Force. Official estimates place the death toll at 1 or 2 and 12-40 Ansar personnel were injured. Independent estimates place 30 mutineers among the casualty.


1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny, Aftermath
Journalist and social critic, Farhad Mazhar, called the mutiny inevitable because of the social discrimination faced by members of Bangladesh Ansar. He was jailed for his views on the mutiny.


1994 Bangladesh Ansar mutiny, Aftermath, Reform
In response to the agitations, the government passed a series of acts in the Jatiya Sangsad. These include Ansar Bahini Act (1995), Battalion Ansar Act (1995) and the Village Defence Party Act (1995). Under these acts, the Ansar Bahini and the Battalion Ansars were declared a "Disciplined Force" in accordance with article 152 of the Constitution. The government set up Ansar VDP Bank where the members of Ansar-VDP were decided to be the shareholders. The bank also provides soft loans to Ansar members.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone
The 1994 Bangladesh cyclone was a powerful and tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. The cyclone closely followed the path, strength, and time of year of a deadly cyclone in 1991 that killed more than 138,000 people. The 1994 cyclone formed on April 29 as a depression, which organized and intensified significantly over the subsequent few days. On May 2, the cyclone attained winds of 215 km/h (135 mph), according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). That day, the storm made landfall in southeastern Bangladesh, and rapidly weakened over land, before dissipating on May 3.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone
Ahead of the storm's landfall, about 450,000 people evacuated to storm shelters built since the 1991 storm. Upon moving ashore, the cyclone dropped 190 mm (7.5 in) of precipitation and produced winds of 278 km/h (173 mph) in Teknaf Upazila. Total storm damage was estimated at $125 million (1994 USD). The cyclone damaged or destroyed more than 78,000 houses, leaving about 500,000 people homeless. Along its path, the storm killed at least 350 people, including at least 126 fishermen from Thailand who were lost and presumed killed. In southeastern Bangladesh, the cyclone wrecked Rohingya refugee camps, killing 85 people. The Bangladeshi government managed the country's response to the disaster, providing food, clothing, and medical care.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Meteorological history
On April 26, an area of persistent convection, or thunderstorms, was located in the southeastern Bay of Bengal, in the Andaman Sea. That day, the American-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) mentioned the weather system in its Significant Tropical Weather Outlook. The area of thunderstorms moved to the west-northwest through the Nicobar Islands, gradually organizing around a developing circulation. On April 29, the IMD first classified the system as a depression, and the JTWC initiated advisories on the storm, designating it Tropical Cyclone 02B. By the end of the day, the IMD had upgraded the depression to a cyclonic storm. This was due to the convection organizing into a central dense overcast, with an eye feature in the storm's center.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Meteorological history
Steered by a ridge to the northeast, the storm tracked north-northwestward at first, before turning northeastward while rounding the ridge. Late on April 30, the JTWC upgraded the storm to the equivalent of hurricane status, with sustained winds estimated at 120 km/h (75 mph). A day later, the IMD upgraded the storm to a very severe cyclonic storm, by which time the eye had become better organized. The agency upgraded it to an extremely severe cyclonic storm on May 2 as the storm neared the northeast coast of the Bay of Bengal.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Meteorological history
That day at 06:00 UTC, the JTWC estimated peak winds of 230 km/h (145 mph), but the agency assessed that the cyclone subsequently weakened. At 12:00 UTC on the same day, the IMD estimated peak winds of 215 km/h (135 mph). As the storm neared the Bangladesh coast, the storm was tracked by radar, with the eye diameter estimated at 30 km (18 mi). At around 17:00 UTC on May 2, the cyclone made landfall in southeastern Bangladesh about 30 km (18 mi) north of Teknaf Upazila. The storm rapidly weakened over land while continuing northeastward into Myanmar. The JTWC and IMD discontinued advisories by May 3.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Preparations
The 1994 storm closely followed the path of a deadly cyclone in 1991 that occurred around the same time of year and killed more than 138,000 people. After the 1991 storm, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helped Bangladesh improve its disaster management program. Ahead of the 1994 storm, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department issued timely warnings for residents, and for fishermen to remain close to the coast. Officials requested that fishermen remain close to the coast. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society sent volunteers to warn about the storm's arrival. About 450,000 people evacuated ahead of the storm, utilizing about 900 brick shelters built since 1991. Airlines canceled flights in and out of Chittagong. The Bangladesh Air Force evacuated planes away from Chittagong, having lost 44 aircraft in the 1991 storm.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Impacts
The cyclone moved ashore near the Bangladesh–Myanmar border, producing a storm surge, high winds, and heavy rainfall. By comparison, the deadly 1991 storm struck near high tide. In southeastern Bangladesh, Teknaf Upazila reported 190 mm (7.5 in) of precipitation on the day the storm moved ashore, as well as winds of 278 km/h (173 mph). Nearby Cox's Bazar reported winds of 139 km/h (86 mph). Along its path, the cyclone left U$125 million in damage, injured 3,559 people, and killed at least 350 people.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Impacts
The death toll included at least 126 fishermen from Thailand, 133 people in Bangladesh, and 17 fatalities in Myanmar. A fleet of 400 fishermen from Thailand encountered the storm, with 19 of 26 vessels sunk during the storm; 181 fishermen survived and were shipped by the Thai Navy about two weeks after the storm, with at least 200 fishermen listed as missing and presumed dead.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Impacts
Throughout Bangladesh, the cyclone destroyed 52,097 houses and damaged another 17,476, especially those not made of brick. The resulting damage left about 500,000 people homeless. The storm also wrecked or damaged 194 schools and 28 churches. The storm damaged or destroyed 81,898 acres (33,143 ha) of crops, with 10,550 farm animals killed. About 169 km (105 mi) of roads were damaged, along with 98 bridges. High waters from the cyclone inundated St. Martin's Island. The island, as well as Sandwip and other offshore islands, lost communications with the mainland. 192 fishermen from Thailand lost their boats in the storm.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Impacts
In the Teknaf region where the storm moved ashore, the storm damaged more than 95% of houses, knocked down 95% of the trees, and completely destroyed the local rice and betel crops. Debris and downed trees blocked roads connecting Teknaf with Cox's Bazar, while floods washed away the main coastal road between Cox's Bazar and Chittagong. About 25% of houses were damaged in Cox's Bazar, with about half of the local crops destroyed. High winds knocked down power lines across the region. Much of western Ukhia Upazila was damaged. About half of the crops were lost on Kutubdia island. On Maheshkhali island, the storm wrecked 25% of the boats and damaged more than one-third of the houses. The cyclone damaged or destroyed 80 Rohingya refugees camps, leaving about 100,000 refugees homeless; 85 refugees killed during the storm, many of whom killed by flying debris.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Impacts
In neighboring Myanmar, the cyclone left heavy damage in the westernmost portions of the country, particularly Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships. The storm damaged or destroyed 8,872 houses, leaving more than 8,000 people homeless. In the country, the storm left at least K60 million (US$10 million) in damage. The storm also damaged or destroyed 82 schools, 24 hospitals, a telecommunications center, and a power station.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Aftermath
After the storm struck, Bangladesh's Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, and the country's Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief coordinated disaster relief, assisted by members of the military. This marked the first occasion that the Bangladesh government was able to respond to the emergency needs after a significant natural disaster. In the days following the storm, local teams surveyed the most affected areas for damage and needs. The Bangladesh government distributed food, clothing, and other emergency supplies to storm victims. Three public officials were arrested for embezzling supplies.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Aftermath
In the worst affected areas, 150 medical teams provided medical care and purified water. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society provided two weeks' worth of food for up to 50,000 people. UNICEF sent a convoy with food, water, and plastic sheeting to Teknaf. The UNDP provided plastic water containers and water purification tablets. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees provided emergency supplies and funding for the affected refugee camps. Residents gathered and sold the wood from the downed trees, and the government provided resources to replant the lost trees.


1994 Bangladesh cyclone, Aftermath
In Myanmar, officials opened up a relief center in Maungdaw. Local and state government worked to provide supplies to affected residents. Japan offered ¥11.8 million (JPY, US$112,000) in emergency aid for tents, sheets, and towels.


1994 Bank of the West Classic
The 1994 Bank of the West Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum in Oakland, California in the United States and was part of the Tier II category of the 1994 WTA Tour. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament ran from October 31 through November 6, 1994. First-seeded Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money as well as 300 ranking points.


1994 Bank of the West Classic, Finals, Doubles
Lindsay Davenport /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated  Gigi Fernández /  Martina Navratilova 7–5, 6–4


1994 Barbadian general election
Early general elections were held in Barbados on 6 September 1994. The result was a victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party, which won 19 of the 28 seats, with its leader Owen Arthur becoming Prime Minister. The ruling Democratic Labour Party led by David Thompson was reduced to only eight seats. The National Democratic Party became the first third party to win a seat since the Barbados National Party in 1966, with NDP leader, Richard Haynes, winning St. Michael South Central. Voter turnout was 60.9%.


1994 Barbagallo ATCC round
The 1994 Barbagallo ATCC round was the ninth round of the 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship. It was held on the weekend of 1 to 3 July at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Western Australia.


1994 Barbagallo ATCC round, Race results, Race 1
Seton led Skaife off the line, followed by Brock, Longhurst and Mezera. Skaife started to fall through the pack, whilst others were moving up. The likes of Longhurst, Perkins and Jones were climbing through the pack, with Longhurst advancing to second and closing in on Seton. With a couple laps to go, Seton's car experienced engine problems and subsequently retired from the race. This handed the lead and the win to Tony Longhurst - giving him his first win of the 1994 season. Larry Perkins was second and Alan Jones finished third, followed closely by the Dick Johnson Racing duo of Bowe and Johnson.


1994 Barbagallo ATCC round, Race results, Race 2
Alan Jones launched off the line, into an early lead ahead of Perkins and Longhurst. Dick Johnson had an early exit from the race with engine issues. In a closely fought battle between Wayne Gardner and Paul Morris, Morris spun Gardner with several cars needing to take avoiding action and not least sent Gardner falling down the pack. Despite the tremendous pace in race one, Longhurst couldn't replicate it for race two. From pole on the grid, he would finish seventh, whilst Alan Jones would achieve his first round win of the year, with Perkins in second and Bowe in third.


1994 Barber Saab Pro Series
The 1994 Barber Saab Pro Series season was the tenth season of the series. All drivers used Saab powered Goodyear shod Mondiale chassis. 1994 was the final season the Saab H engine was used. Diego Guzman won the championship.


1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election
The 1994 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Background
117 candidates nominated in total. Labour again ran a full slate (48) and was the only party to do so, whilst the Liberal Democrats ran 47. By contrast the Conservative Party ran only 12 candidates.


1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, Election result
Labour continued to win a large majority of seats - 44 out of 48. The Residents Association held their 3 seats. The Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.


1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1994 and 1998, Manor
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alastair Hannah-Rogers.


1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1994 and 1998, Parsloes
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Joseph A. Butler.


1994 Barking by-election
The Barking by-election was held on 9 June 1994, following the death of Labour Party Member of Parliament for Barking Jo Richardson. Richardson had represented the seat since the February 1974 general election, following Tom Driberg.


1994 Barking by-election
The seat had been continuously held by Labour since it was created in 1945, and Richardson had retained her seat comfortably at the 1992 general election with an increased majority of over 6,000. Margaret Hodge, leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992, was selected as the Labour candidate and was the clear favourite to hold the seat at the by-election.


1994 Barking by-election
The Conservative Party had taken second place in 1992. John Kennedy, the candidate in 1992, was not selected to fight the 1994 by-election, the Conservative nomination going instead to Theresa May. She had been a councillor in the London Borough of Merton from 1986 to 1994, and had stood (and lost) in the safe Labour seat of North West Durham in 1992. Having lost two of the three previous by-elections of the Parliament to the Liberal Democrats, and failing to challenge Labour in the third, the Conservatives were not hopeful of gaining ground.


1994 Barking by-election
The Liberal Democrat candidate, Steve Churchman, had taken little more than a tenth of the votes cast in 1992, continuing a downward track since 1983. A new candidate, Garry White, at 21 the youngest parliamentary by-election candidate chosen by a British political party since universal suffrage, was chosen for the by-election.


1994 Barking by-election
Three other candidates stood: Gary Needs of the National Front, Gerard Batten of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), and HR Butensky of the Natural Law Party.


1994 Barking by-election, Results
As expected, Hodge won the seat easily, with the Labour majority almost doubling, despite a turnout below 40%. The Liberal Democrats share of the votes declined slightly, but they still managed to push the Conservatives into third place, as they had a month before in Rotherham. The other three candidates all lost their deposits.


1994 Barking by-election, Legacy
At the 1997 UK general election, Hodge retained the seat with an increased majority. May went on to be elected as MP for Maidenhead in 1997 and then became Prime Minister in 2016. Two other candidates in Barking in 1994 also stood in 1997:  Needs contested Devon East for the National Democrats, and Batten contested Harlow for UKIP: both again secured only a few hundred votes. Batten was elected as a UKIP Member of the European Parliament for London in 2004. Batten and May both appeared on a ballot paper together again, 23 years later, when Batten stood against her in Maidenhead at the 2017 general election. Batten later became the Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party in 2018.


1994 Barnet London Borough Council election
The 1994 Barnet Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went in no overall control.


1994 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1994 and 1998, Colindale
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Ellis S. Hillman.


1994 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1994 and 1998, Colindale
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas A. McKendry.


1994 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1994 and 1998, Edgware
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Julian D. Czarny.


1994 Barnet London Borough Council election, By-elections between 1994 and 1998, Hendon
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward P. Bunn.


1994 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 5 May 1994, with one third of the council up for election. The election resulted in Labour retaining control of the council.


1994 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.


1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1994 followed the system in place since 1978. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected Steve Carlton. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider older major league players as well as managers, umpires, executives, and figures from the Negro leagues. It selected two, Leo Durocher and Phil Rizzuto. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 31, 1994.


1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1974 or later, but not after 1988; the ballot included candidates from the 1993 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 1988. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.


1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. The ballot consisted of 38 players; a total of 456 ballots were cast, with 342 votes required for election. A total of 2,884 individual votes were cast, an average of 6.32 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.


1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). The one candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 14 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).


1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Orlando Cepeda and Ken Boyer were on the ballot for the 15th and final time.


1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
The newly eligible players included 26 All-Stars, eight of whom were not included on the ballot, representing a total of 86 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 10-time All-Star Steve Carlton, 9-time All-Star Dave Concepción, 8-time All-Star Ted Simmons, and 6-time All-Stars Graig Nettles and Bruce Sutter. The field included MVP (Don Baylor), three Cy Young Award winners (Sutter, Ron Guidry, and Carlton, who won four times), and two Rookies of the Year (Chris Chambliss and Bob Horner).


1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Bill Almon, Joaquín Andújar, Juan Beníquez, Ron Davis, Iván DeJesús, Gene Garber, Steve Henderson, Larry Herndon, Steve Kemp, Tippy Martinez, Donnie Moore, Jim Morrison, Jerry Mumphrey, Gary Roenicke, Jerry Royster, Lary Sorensen, Willie Upshaw, and Butch Wynegar.


1994 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Wendell Smith (1914–1972) received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer. The award was voted at the December 1993 meeting of the BBWAA, and included in the summer 1994 ceremonies.


1994 Baseball World Cup
The 1994 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 32nd international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the fourth time, in Nicaragua, from August 3 to 14. Cuba defeated South Korea in the final to win its 21st title.


1994 Baseball World Cup
There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals.


1994 Baseball World Cup
The next seven competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.


1994 Basildon District Council election
The 1994 Basildon District Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election; the seats which were last contested in 1990. The Conservative Party lost control of the council, which fell under no overall control.


1994 Basildon District Council election, Overall results
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 1990 election.


1994 Basque Pelota World Championships
The 1994 Basque Pelota World Championships were the 12th edition of the Basque Pelota World Championships organized by  the FIPV.


1994 Basque Pelota World Championships, Events
A total of 14 events were disputed, in 4 playing areas.


1994 Basque regional election
The 1994 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 23 October 1994, to elect the 5th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.


1994 Basque regional election
The Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ/PNV) won 22 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country (PSE–PSOE) came second with 12 seats, People's Unity (HB) and the People's Party (PP) both won 11 seats each. Basque Solidarity (EA) won 8 seats.


1994 Basque regional election
This was also the first election to the Basque parliament that the Socialist Party and the Basque Country Left (EE) party contested together as a unified party.


1994 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Basque Parliament was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Basque Country, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a lehendakari.


1994 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Basque Country and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 75 members of the Basque Parliament were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency.


1994 Basque regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Álava, Biscay and Guipúzcoa, being allocated a fixed number of 25 seats each to provide for an equal representation of the three provinces in parliament as required under the regional statute of autonomy. This meant that Álava was allocated the same number of seats as Biscay and Gipuzkoa, despite their populations being, as of 1 July 1994: 277,251, 1,146,347 and 675,470, respectively.


1994 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Basque Parliament expired four years after the date of its previous election, unless it was dissolved earlier. The election decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country (BOPV), with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 28 October 1990, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 28 October 1994. The election decree was required to be published in the BOPV no later than 4 October 1994, with the election taking place up to the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Saturday, 3 December 1994.


1994 Basque regional election, Overview, Election date
The lehendakari had the prerogative to dissolve the Basque Parliament at any given time and call a snap election, provided that no motion of no confidence was in process. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a lehendakari within a sixty-day period from the Parliament re-assembly, the Parliament was to be dissolved and a fresh election called.


1994 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


1994 Basque regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


1994 Basque regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 38 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Basque Parliament.


1994 Bath City Council election
The 1994 Bath City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1994 to elect councillors to Bath City Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Lambridge and Lansdown due to extra vacancies occurring.


1994 Bath City Council election
These were the final elections of the city council, before its abolition on 1 April 1996 when it was merged with Wansdyke District Council to form Bath and North East Somerset Council.


1994 Bath City Council election
The 1994 election saw the Liberal Democrats take a majority of seats on the Council for the first time, winning 17 of the 18 seats up for election.


1994 Bath City Council election, Ward results
Sitting councillors seeking re-election, elected in 1990, are marked with an asterisk (*). The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 1992 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.


1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships
The 1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida in the United States that was part of Tier II of the 1994 WTA Tour. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from April 4 through April 10, 1994. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the singles title.


1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships, Finals, Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Larisa Savchenko defeated  Amanda Coetzer /  Inés Gorrochategui 6–2, 6–7, 6–4


1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles
Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere and Leila Meskhi were the defending champions. Maleeva-Fragniere retired from tennis earlier that year, but only Meskhi competed that year with Eugenia Maniokova.


1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles
Maniokova and Meskhi lost in the quarterfinals to Larisa Neiland and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.


1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles
Neiland and Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6–2, 6–7, 6–4 against Amanda Coetzer and Inés Gorrochategui.


1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion and won in the final 6–1, 6–4 against Gabriela Sabatini.


1994 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1994 Bavarian state election
The 1994 Bavarian state election was held on 25 September 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Landtag of Bavaria. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Edmund Stoiber retained its majority with minor losses. The largest change in the election was the collapse of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), which lost all its seats.


1994 Bavarian state election, Parties
The table below lists parties represented in the 12th Landtag of Bavaria.


1994 Baylor Bears football team
The 1994 Baylor Bears football team (variously "Baylor", "BU", or the "Bears") represented Baylor University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Southwest Conference. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They were coached by head coach Chuck Reedy.


1994 Belarusian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Belarus on 23 June 1994, with a second round on 10 July. They were the first national elections held in Belarus since the country seceded from the Soviet Union three years earlier. The result was a victory for Alexander Lukashenko, who received 80.6% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 79.0% in the first round and 70.6% in the second.


1994 Belarusian presidential election
In 1995, a year after taking office, Lukashenko won a referendum that gave him the power to dissolve the legislature. In 1996, he won another referendum that dramatically increased his power, and also extended his original five-year term to 2001. As a result, the 1994 presidential election is considered, to date, the only free election held in Belarus since it broke away from the Soviet Union.


1994 Belgian Cup Final
The 1994 Belgian Cup Final took place on 22 May 1994 between Anderlecht and Club Brugge. Anderlecht defeated Club Brugge 2-0. It was the 39th Belgian Cup final, and the second final in which Club Brugge and Anderlecht met each other. In 1977, Club Brugge defeated Anderlecht 4-3.


1994 Belgian Cup Final, Match, Summary
After a long battle with Club Brugge, Anderlecht had managed to win the 1993–94 Belgian First Division on the penultimate matchday. Club Brugge was left without a trophy but had a chance for revenge and a consolation prize with the cup final only a week after the end of the league. In the league, Club Brugge had not lost against Anderlecht (0-0 and 0-3) and was deemed slight favorite before the match.


1994 Belgian Cup Final, Match, Summary
Due to construction at the King Baudouin Stadium, the game was exceptionally played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liège.


1994 Belgian Cup Final, Match, Summary
Anderlecht, who were mainly dangerous on counterattacks, managed to score during the first half following a bad pass from Dirk Medved. Bruno Versavel rounded goalkeeper Dany Verlinden to open the scoring. After half time Lorenzo Staelens, who had scored a hattrick against Anderlecht in the league, scored an equalizer which was disallowed after an earlier foul by a teammate. Immediately thereafter Luc Nilis scored the 2-0 on assist from Bruno Versavel. No further goals were scored, allowing Anderlecht to win both league and cup for the third time in their history


1994 Belgian Cup Final, Match, Details
Linesmen: Jean-Pierre Wauthelet Marc Van den BroeckAssistant referee: Robert Jeurissen


1994 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1994 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 28 August 1994 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa. It was the eleventh race of the 1994 Formula One World Championship.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix
The 44-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. After Rubens Barrichello took the first pole position for the Jordan team, Michael Schumacher took the chequered flag in his Benetton-Ford while leading, only to be disqualified due to excessive wear on the wooden skid block underneath his car. Hill was thus awarded the win, his third of the season, with Mika Häkkinen second in a McLaren-Peugeot and Schumacher's teammate Jos Verstappen third.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Having deputised for a suspended Mika Häkkinen at McLaren at the previous race in Hungary, Philippe Alliot now returned to his old Larrousse team for this race, taking the place of Olivier Beretta. Meanwhile, the cash-strapped Lotus replaced Alessandro Zanardi with local driver Philippe Adams, who brought significant funding to the team.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Background
Following the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at Imola earlier in the season, a chicane was installed at Eau Rouge to slow the cars.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
The Friday qualifying session was held in wet but drying conditions. Towards the end of the session, the Jordan cars were sent out on slick tyres, and Rubens Barrichello duly put his car on provisional pole with teammate Eddie Irvine fourth. More rain fell on Saturday, with most of the drivers lapping several seconds slower than the day before, and only Christian Fittipaldi improving his time. Thus, Barrichello took the first pole position of his career and the first for Jordan.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Drivers' Championship leader Michael Schumacher was second in his Benetton, with Damon Hill third in his Williams. After Irvine came Jean Alesi in the Ferrari, Jos Verstappen in the second Benetton, David Coulthard in the second Williams and the returning Häkkinen, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the Sauber and Pierluigi Martini in the Minardi completing the top ten.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
In dry conditions, Barrichello led away from Schumacher and a fast-starting Alesi. Schumacher passed Barrichello at Les Combes, and Alesi soon followed, only for his engine to fail on lap 3. With the Jordans struggling to hold on to track position against faster cars, Hill moved into second, ahead of Coulthard and Häkkinen. Gerhard Berger in the remaining Ferrari also retired with engine failure by lap 12. Philippe Adams who made his debut Grand Prix appearance at his home circuit had soon spun out into the gravel trap five laps after Berger retired.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Coulthard overtook teammate Hill during the first round of pit stops, while Barrichello moved back up to second before making his stop. On lap 19, Schumacher spun exiting Fagnes but retained the lead; the following lap, Barrichello spun into retirement at Pouhon and clipped the armco barrier giving his Jordan 194 terminal suspension damage. Martin Brundle moved into fifth in the second McLaren, before he himself had spun off and clipped the armco like Barrichello by lap 25.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
When Schumacher and Hill made their second pit stops on lap 28, Coulthard led a lap for the first time in his F1 career. After making his own second stop, he remained ahead of Hill until the Williams team called him in on lap 37 to check his rear wing. He then developed gearbox problems and was passed by Häkkinen, Verstappen and Mark Blundell in the Tyrrell. On lap 40, Coulthard hit the back of Blundell's car going through La Source; both were able to continue, with Coulthard apologising to Blundell afterwards. Eddie Irvine was the final retirement with the result of an alternator failure with only 3 laps to go and was classified 14th, leaving 13 runners left in the race up to the finish.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Race
Though Hill set the fastest lap of the race on lap 41, Schumacher crossed the finish line some 13 seconds ahead, with Häkkinen a further 51 seconds back and Verstappen, Coulthard, Blundell and Morbidelli completing the top six.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Shortly after the race, excessive wear was found on the wooden skid block on the underside of Schumacher's car. The skid block was a mandatory requirement on all cars, introduced two races before in Germany, to increase ride height and reduce ground effect advantages. Wear on the skid block of up to 1mm was permitted; any greater would make the ride height too low and result in an illegal aerodynamic advantage. The Benetton team claimed that the excessive wear resulted from Schumacher's spin on lap 19, but the stewards rejected the claim because of the wear pattern. Schumacher was thus disqualified and Hill awarded the victory, with Häkkinen second, Verstappen third, Coulthard fourth, Blundell fifth and Gianni Morbidelli sixth in the Footwork.


1994 Belgian Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
Schumacher's lead over Hill in the Drivers' Championship was reduced to 21 points with five races remaining.


1994 Belgian local elections
Local elections were held in Belgium on 9 October 1994. The ten provincial councils as well as all municipal councils were elected.


1994 Belgian local elections
The election was, apart from the European election in June that year, the first one since the fourth state reform, which made provincial elections concurrent with municipal elections rather than with parliamentary elections. Legislative terms for provincial councils were thus increased from four years or less to six years. Additionally, the reform split the province of Brabant into Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant, thus increasing the number of provinces from nine to ten.


1994 Benson & Hedges Cup
The 1994 Benson & Hedges Cup was the twenty-third competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 26 April and 9 July 1994. The tournament was won, as part of their historic treble of County Championship, Sunday League and Benson & Hedges Cup, by Warwickshire. Warwickshire defeated Worcestershire by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.


1994 Benson & Hedges Cup
Ireland made their Benson & Hedges Cup debut in this competition, losing in the Preliminary Round to Leicestershire.


1994 Benson and Hedges Open
The 1994 Benson and Hedges Open was a men's professional tennis tournament held in Auckland, New Zealand. The event was part of the World Series of the 1994 ATP Tour and was held from 10 January through 17 January 1994. First-seeded Magnus Gustafsson won the singles title.


1994 Benson and Hedges Open, Finals, Doubles
Patrick McEnroe /  Jared Palmer defeated  Grant Connell /  Patrick Galbraith 6–2, 4–6, 6–4


1994 Benson and Hedges Open – Doubles
Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith were the defending champions, but lost in the final this year.


1994 Benson and Hedges Open – Doubles
Patrick McEnroe and Jared Palmer won the title, defeating Connell and Galbraith 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 in the final.


1994 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles
Magnus Gustafsson defeated Patrick McEnroe 6–4, 6–0 to win the 1994 Heineken Open singles competition. Alexander Volkov was the defending champion.


1994 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. NB: There was no 8th seed at this tournament.


1994 Berlin Marathon
The 1994 Berlin Marathon was the 21st running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, Germany, held on 25 September 1994. Portugal's António Pinto won the men's race in 2:08:31 hours, while the women's race was won by home athlete Katrin Dörre-Heinig in 2:25:15.


1994 Bexley London Borough Council election
The 1994 Bexley Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Bexley London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the council went in no overall control.


1994 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1994 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Muzzy Field in Bristol, CT. This was the tenth annual Big East Conference Baseball Tournament. The Connecticut Huskies won their second tournament championship and claimed the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1994 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The Big East baseball tournament was a 4 team double elimination tournament in 1994. The top four regular season finishers were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only.


1994 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Jack Kaiser Award
Chris Bisson was the winner of the 1994 Jack Kaiser Award. Bisson was a sophomore first baseman for Connecticut.


1994 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1994 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 10 to March 13, 1994. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Connecticut finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.


1994 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Providence defeated Georgetown, 74–64, in the championship game to claim its first Big East Tournament championship.


1994 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1994 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 11–13 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.


1994 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Fourth-seeded Nebraska defeated #2 seed Oklahoma State in the championship game, 77–68, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament.


1994 Big League World Series
The 1994 Big League World Series took place from August 12–20 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. In a championship rematch, Taipei, Taiwan defeated host Broward County, Florida twice in the championship game. It was Taiwan's second straight championship.


1994 Big League World Series
After using a two bracket system for US and International teams in 1993, the traditional 11 team bracket returned.


1994 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1994 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the nineteenth edition, held March 10–12 at the BSU Pavilion at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.


1994 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Fifth-seeded host Boise State upset second-seeded Idaho State in the championship game, 85–81, to repeat as tournament champions and gain their fourth tournament title overall. The Broncos had defeated regular season champion Weber State in the semifinals.


1994 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Conference membership remained at eight and the tournament format was unchanged, with an exception; the site was predetermined, rather than awarded to the regular season champion.


1994 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top six teams from the regular season participated, and the top two earned byes into the semifinals. The remaining four played in the quarterfinals, and the top seed met the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.


1994 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA tournament
The Broncos (17–12) received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT. Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the West regional and lost by nine points to Louisville in the first round in Sacramento. It was the twelfth consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.


1994 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1994 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–7, 1994 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. For the first time in their school history, the Liberty Flames won the tournament, led by head coach Jeff Meyer.


1994 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All of the conference's nine teams were originally set to participate in the tournament, hosted at the North Charleston Coliseum. However, due to recruiting violations committed by Coastal Carolina the previous season, the Chanticleers were declared ineligible and all other members were allowed to participate. Teams were seeded by conference winning percentage. This was the last year for Campbell as a member of the conference, although they returned to the league in 2011–12.


1994 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
The 1994 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the fourteenth annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their second tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1994 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 1994 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Michigan and Michigan State claimed the third and fourth seeds, respectively, by tiebreakers.


1994 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Mike Repasky was named Most Outstanding Player. Repasky was an outfielder for Ohio State.


1994 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1994 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–13 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada. This was the first Big West/PCAA tournament played outside the state of California.


1994 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded New Mexico State defeated UC Irvine (the tournament's lowest-seeded team, with only 4 conference wins) in the final, 70–64, to capture their second PCAA/Big West title.


1994 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Aggies subsequently received an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament.


1994 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
For the second straight year, there were changes to the tournament format.


1994 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The Big West returned to a ten-team tournament with all conference members in participation. With all teams seeded and paired based on conference regular-season records, the top six teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed in a preliminary first round.


1994 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
As a result of the field's expansion, this was the first tournament for second-year Big West member Nevada.


1994 Birthday Honours
Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday. Publication dates vary from year to year. Most are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are formally conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.


1994 Birthday Honours
The 1994 Queen's Birthday honours lists were announced on 10 June 1994 for the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Belize. The list for Australia was announced separately on 13 June.


1994 Birthday Honours
Recipients of awards are shown below as they were styled before their new honours.


1994 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 11 June 1994.


1994 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
The 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident, sometimes referred to as the Black Hawk Incident, was a friendly fire incident over northern Iraq that occurred on 14 April 1994 during Operation Provide Comfort (OPC). The pilots of two United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter aircraft, operating under the control of a USAF airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, misidentified two United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as Iraqi Mil Mi-24 "Hind" helicopters. The F-15 pilots fired on and destroyed both helicopters, killing all 26 military and civilians aboard, including personnel from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Turkey, and the Kurdish community.


1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
A subsequent USAF investigation blamed the accident on several factors. The F-15 pilots were faulted for misidentifying the helicopters as hostile. Also, the crew members of the AWACS aircraft were blamed for their inaction in failing to exercise appropriate control and for not intervening in the situation. In addition, the identification friend or foe (IFF) systems had not functioned to identify the helicopters to the F-15 pilots. Furthermore, USAF leaders had failed to adequately integrate U.S. Army helicopter operations into overall OPC air operations. As a result of the investigation several USAF officers received administrative discipline but only one, Jim Wang, an AWACS crew member, was tried by court-martial, in which he was acquitted.


1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
As a result of complaints by family members of the victims and others that the military was failing to hold its personnel accountable, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House conducted their own investigations into the shootdown and the U.S. military's response to it. Also, Ronald R. Fogleman, the USAF's new Chief of Staff, conducted his own review of the actions taken by the USAF against the officers involved in the incident.


1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident
Fogleman's investigation led to several of the officers involved in the incident receiving further administrative discipline. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) subsequently refused U.S. Senate subpoenas for four USAF officers to be interviewed for the Senate investigation, which was never publicly released. The U.S. House investigation, conducted in part by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), found that the military investigative and judicial systems had operated mostly as designed, but also noted that the DoD had refused access to key witnesses.


1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident, Background
On 7 April 1991, Iraq accepted United Nations (UN) cease-fire conditions and resolutions, thereby officially ending the Gulf War. This same day, a large multinational, multiple-agency humanitarian effort under the authority of UN Security Council Resolution No. 688 began to aid the approximately 500,000 Kurdish refugees who had fled from Iraqi military forces into the hills of northern Iraq. On 18 April 1991, John Shalikashvili took command of the U.S.-led operation to ensure security for UN relief operations and the Kurdish refugees, called Operation Provide Comfort (OPC).


1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident, Background
OPC took place in an area of northern Iraq above the 36th parallel. This area, approximately 160 by 70 kilometres (99 by 43 mi) in size, was designated a "no-fly" security zone by UN coalition forces, enforced by a combined task force (CTF) of daily armed aircraft patrols from participating nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Turkey, and the United States. The United States Army was tasked with assisting civilian relief agencies to build communities and facilities for the Kurds in Northern Iraq. Over the next three years, 27,000 fixed-wing and 1,400 helicopter coalition flights took place in the zone to support humanitarian operations without interference from Iraqi aircraft or other military units.


1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident, Background
In April 1994 OPC was co-commanded by USAF Brigadier General Jeffrey Pilkington. The OPC combined air forces were commanded by Colonel Curtis H. Emery, USAF. Colonel Douglas J. Richardson, USAF, was the director of operations for the combined air forces.