Here are thirty significant world events of 1994, the year CG&A Communications opened its doors.
- The world population reaches 5,670,000,000 (today it is 2 billion more)
- TV series ER and Friends debut
- OJ Simpson’s white Bronco is chased by police LIVE on international news
- Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa President
- Rwandan genocide begins in Kigali, Rwanda
- The Channel Tunnel is opened to connect Britain with France
- Amazon is founded with a goal to change the way we shop
- Yahoo is founded and Netscape launches Navigator, the first Internet browser
- Sony PlayStation is introduced and first smartphone, the IBM Simon is introduced
- The computer Zip Drive is introduced
- The Whitehouse launches its website
- Bill Clinton is US President; former President Ronald Reagan announces he has Alzheimer’s
- Jean Chretien is Prime Minister of Canada and Bob Rae Premier of Ontario
- Lucien Bouchard is infected with flesh-eating disease and loses a leg
- Former US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies of cancer at age 64
- Time Magazine’s Man of the Year is Pope John Paul II
- The Lion King movie is released, the biggest hit of the Disney Renaissance era
- The blockbuster movie of ‘94 is Forrest Gump
- Schindler’s List wins a number of Oscars
- Whitney Houston has album and record of the year with “I Will Always Love You”
- Song of the Year is “A Whole New World” (theme From Aladdin)
- Singer/Songwriter Kurt Cobain commits suicide at age 27
- Michael Jackson and Lisa Maria Presley are briefly married
- Canadian singer/songwriter Justin Bieber is born and comedian John Candy dies of a heart attack at age 43
- Canadian comedian TV show Kids in the Hall ends after five seasons
- For the first time in history, chain bookstores outsell independent stores
- American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has her knee clubbed in an attack
- The George Foreman Grill is released
- Canada hosts the Commonwealth Games in Victoria BC winning 129 medals (40 gold)
- Brazil wins the World Cup, BC Lions win the Grey Cup, Dallas Cowboys win the Super Bowl, and NY Rangers win the Stanley Cup
To read more about the history of the company, click: On passing the 30 year milestone.
Chris George is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor, news commentator, and wordsmith, president of CG&A COMMUNICATIONS. Contact: ChrisG.George@gmail.com.
