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Born on Wednesday January 5, 1994
- Dennis Meuldijk, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Died on Wednesday January 5, 1994
- Annigje Boogaard (78)
- Albert Pieter Cornelis Lemmens (76), Tongeren, België
- Catharina Johanna van der Meer (78), Leiderdorp
- Cornelis Hubertus Tiberius (69), Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Alfons Thaels (75), Veerle, België
- Adriaan Jacob Schippers (84), Kamperland, Zeeland, Nederland
- Cato H. van den Bor (45), Nijkerk
- Antonia Cecilia de Groot (77)
- Arie Hendrik Nieuwenhuis (89), Lisse
- Cornelis Sloof(*) (56), Ermelo
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 5, 1994 at Delpher
Born on January 5
- 1979 » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 » Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman), Canadian musician
- 1982 » Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
- 1984 » Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter
- 1985 » Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
- 1986 » Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
- 1988 » Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian track cyclist
- 1988 » Luke Daniels, English footballer
- 1989 » Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
- 1990 » Mark Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
Died on January 5
- 1985 » Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
- 1987 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (b. 1875)
- 1987 » Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (b. 1926)
- 1990 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1991 » Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (b. 1922)
- 1994 » Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1912)
- 1997 » André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1924)
- 1997 » Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (b. 1912)
- 1998 » Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (b. 1935)
- 2000 » Kumar Ponnambalam, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
Names that were popular for boys in 1994
- Thomas
- Jeroen
- Jan
- Kevin
- Michael
- Willem
- Robin
- Johannes
- Niels
- Daniel
- Rick
- Dennis
- Max
- David
- Tim
- Jacob
Names that were popular for girls in 1994
- Laura
- Anne
- Lisa
- Tessa
- Michelle
- Sanne
- Anna
- Melissa
- Charlotte
- Eva
- Amanda
- Esther
- Elisabeth
- Johanna
- Iris
- Eline
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1994
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
- January 3 » More than seven million people from the former apartheid Homelands receive South African citizenship.
- May 2 » A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people.
- May 4 » Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
- October 17 » Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
- November 13 » In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
- December 3 » Taiwan held the first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only direct elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first direct elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directed Mayor of Kaohsiung.
Weather January 5, 1994
The temperature on January 5, 1994 was between 3.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.