Historical Events in November 1994
Sports History
Nov 1 Chicago Bulls retire basketball superstar Michael Jordan's jersey #23 in a 2-hour ceremony at the United Center
- Nov 1 Muslim fundamentalists in Mostaganem Algeria murder 5 children
- Nov 2 Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed
- Nov 2 NFL announces the expansion Carolina Panthers would play in the NFC West, while the Jacksonville Jaguars is assigned to the AFC Central
- Nov 3 Dutch & British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1
- Nov 3 First PlayStation console released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in Japan
- Nov 3 Small forward Glenn Robinson signs the then most lucrative rookie contract in NBA history, a 10-year, $68.15 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks
- Nov 3 Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches
- Nov 3 Susan Smith who claimed her two children were carjacked arrested for murder
- Nov 3 Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)
- Nov 4 San Francisco: First conference that focuses exclusively on the subject of the commercial potential of the World Wide Web.
- Nov 4 Soyuz TM-20 lands in Kazakhstan
- Nov 4 United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83
- Nov 5 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country
- Nov 5 Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
- Nov 5 Tony Rominger bicycles world record for distance covered in one hour for second time (55.291 km)
- Nov 5 Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed
- Nov 6 24th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37
- Nov 6 25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21
- Nov 6 Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tajikistan
- Nov 8 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st game at Gund Arena, lose to Hous Rockets, 100-98
- Nov 8 Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms
Election of Interest
Nov 8 Joe Lieberman is re-elected to the United States Senate with 67% of the vote
- Nov 8 Republican Party nominee Tom Ridge wins Pennsylvania Gubernatorial election with 45% of the vote
Sonny Bono
Nov 8 Voters in California elect entertainer Sonny Bono to US Congress
- Nov 9 Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka
- Nov 9 Darmstadtium, Chemical element 110, discovered at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research near Darmstadt, Germany
Gates Buys da Vinci's Codex
Nov 11 Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000 - then the most expensive manuscript ever sold
- Nov 11 Progress M-25 launched to space station Mir
- Nov 13 Sweden agrees to join European Union
Nov 13 Title contenders Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill famously collide on lap 35 of the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; Schumacher wins his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Hill
Nov 14 1st public trains run through the Channel Tunnel linking England and France under the English Channel
- Nov 14 Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands
- Nov 15 "Glass Menagerie" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 57 performances
- Nov 15 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
Kohl Chancellor
Nov 15 German Bundestag officially elects Helmut Kohl as Chancellor by a single vote (341-340)
- Nov 15 Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election
- Nov 17 3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
Sunset Boulevard
Nov 17 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's musical "Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater, NYC; runs for 977 performances, wins 7 Tony Awards
- Nov 17 Irish government of Reynolds resigns
Star Trek: Generations
Nov 18 "Star Trek: Generations" film directed by David Carson and starring Patrick Stewart premieres
- Nov 19 59th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-14 in Birmingham
Sampras's 2nd ATP
Nov 20 American tennis star Pete Sampras beats Boris Becker 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 to win his second ATP Tour World Championship title in Frankfurt, Germany
- Nov 20 Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war
- Nov 20 New Vaudevillian revue "The Flying Karamazov Brothers Do the Impossible" opens at Helen Hayes Theater, NYC, for a limited run of 50 performances
- Nov 20 Revival of Michael Cristofer's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning stage drama "The Shadow Box", starring Mary Alice, opens at Circle in Square Theatre, NYC; runs for 49 performances
- Nov 20 Russian Kosmos satellites 2294, 2295 and 2296 launch
Sony founder Steps Down
Nov 25 Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the company
- Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: BC Lions beat Baltimore FC, 26-23; first-ever championship in pro football history featuring a US v Canada matchup; Lions win on last second Lui Passaglia field-goal
- Nov 27 Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed
- Nov 27 Julio Maria Sanguinetti elected president of Uruguay
Murder of Jeffrey Dahmer
Nov 28 Convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver in the Columbia Correctional Institution gymnasium in Portage, Wisconsin
- Nov 28 Norway votes against joining European Union
My Life
Nov 29 "My Life" second studio album by Mary J. Blige is released (Billboard Music Award Top R&B Album 1995)
- Nov 29 Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding
- Nov 30 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, "Live at the BBC", is released in Britain
- Nov 30 Cruise ship Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die
- Nov 30 Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal
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