About the day » Saturday December 31, 1994Calender converter

• Selma Rijnsburger
• Riker William Tuso, Portland Oregon († 1994)

• Arend Bottinga (78), Aalsmeer
• Antje de Bie (89), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Veraart (57)
• Alice Elizabeth Millicent ERSKINE-WEMYSS (88)
• Amelia S Oswald (97), Story City, Story, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Auke Sytzes Burgsma (88), Warffium
• Cornelia Jansen (75), Scherpenzeel
• Arend Bottinga (78), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Pellikaan (82), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Marie Rund (83), Pesotum, Champaign, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1987 » Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1989 » Brian Gregan, Irish sprinter and athlete
• 1990 » Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
• 1991 » Noelle Stevenson, American cartoonist
• 1992 » Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
• 1992 » Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
• 1993 » Ryan Blaney, American race car driver
• 1995 » Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

• 1990 » George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1990 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (b. 1891)
• 1990 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian physician, colonel, and astronaut (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 1993 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Wesley Addy, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Floyd Cramer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Ted Glossop, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Michael
6. Willem
7. Robin
8. Johannes
9. Niels
10. Daniel
11. Rick
12. Dennis
13. Max
14. David
15. Tim
16. Jacob

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Lisa
4. Tessa
5. Michelle
6. Sanne
7. Anna
8. Melissa
9. Charlotte
10. Eva
11. Amanda
12. Esther
13. Johanna
14. Elisabeth
15. Iris
16. Eline

• 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.
• May 6 » Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
• May 9 » Disappearance of Cleashindra Hall in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
• September 3 » Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
• October 27 » Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
• November 13 » In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
• November 19 » In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.

The temperature on December 31, 1994 was between 1.4 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.