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May 30, 1994Born on Tuesday May 31, 1994
- Paula den Haan († 1995)
Died on Tuesday May 31, 1994
- Antje Starkenburg (91), Pornichet, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, Frankrijk
- Anna Adriana Hofman (88), Salt Lake City-Utah (USA)
- Barbara Prinzessin von Preussen (73), Hemmelmark
- Adrianus Louter (74), Alkmaar
- Adriaantje Spronk (75)
- Barbara Irene, Princess of Prussia (73), Herrenhaus, Hemmelmark, Eckernförde
- Barbara Irene van Pruisen (73), Hemmelmark b. Eckernforde
- Antoon van der Pijll (73), Domburg
- Adriana Helena van Overdam (55)
- Barbara Irene Adelheid Victoria Elisabeth Bathilde van Hohenzollern Prinses van Pruisen (73)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 31, 1994 at Delpher
Born on May 31
- 1984 » Andrew Bailey, American baseball player
- 1984 » Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
- 1985 » Jordy Nelson, American football player
- 1986 » Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
- 1989 » Marco Reus, German footballer
- 1990 » Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1992 » Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
- 1992 » Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1996 » Normani Korde, American singer
- 1998 » Santino Ferrucci, American race car driver
Died on May 31
- 1989 » C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and historian (b. 1901)
- 1989 » Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (b. 1900)
- 1994 » Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (b. 1909)
- 1994 » Uzay Heparı, Turkish actor, producer, and composer (b. 1969)
- 1995 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1930)
- 1996 » Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (b. 1920)
- 1998 » Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (b. 1912)
- 2000 » A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (b. 1928)
- 2000 » Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1936)
- 2000 » Tito Puente, American jazz musician (b. 1923)
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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 17 » The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
- May 7 » Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
- June 17 » Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
- August 23 » Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
- 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.
- November 30 » MSAchille Lauro catches fire off the coast of Somalia.
Weather May 31, 1994
The temperature on May 31, 1994 was between 2.5 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.