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- Jan 1 "A Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 20 performances
- Jan 1 "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 57 performances
- Jan 1 "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 49 performances
- Jan 1 61st Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #3 Miami (FL), 24-17
- Jan 1 Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union
- Jan 1 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
- Jan 1 Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil
- Jan 1 International Year of Tolerance
"The Far Side" Ends
Jan 1 Last "The Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)
- Jan 1 Raman Lamba (312) & Ravi Sehgal (216) put on an Indian 1st-class record opening partnership 464 in Delhi's innings & 310 run win over Himachal Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy cricket match in Delhi
- Jan 1 The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves
- Jan 2 24th Fiesta Bowl: #4 Colorado beats Notre Dame, 41-24
- Jan 2 61st Sugar Bowl: #7 Florida State beats #5 Florida, 23-17
- Jan 2 81st Rose Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #12 Oregon, 38-20
- Jan 2 Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed
- Jan 2 Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
- Jan 2 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
Gingrich House Speaker
Jan 4 Newt Gingrich (R) becomes speaker of the US House of Representatives
- Jan 5 Bill Fitch becomes the 5th coach in NBA history to register 850 career victories with the LA Clippers' 95-93 home win over Philadelphia 76'ers at the LA Memorial Sports Arena
- Jan 5 Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan, Iran, killing 18
- Jan 6 A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
Wilkens Sets New Win Record
Jan 6 Atlanta Hawks' coach Lenny Wilkens passes the legendary Red Auerbach to become the NBA's all-time winningest coach, with 939 career victories; Hawks beat Washington, 112-90 at the Omni
Germany Wins Second Title
Jan 7 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Boris Becker beats Andrei Medvedev of the Ukraine 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 for a 2-0 win, and Germany's second title
- Jan 7 Larry Brown posts his 500th career NBA coaching victory, following the Indiana Pacers' 88-83 road win at the Houston Rockets
"A Christmas Carol"
Jan 7 Limited run of Patrick Stewart's one-man show "A Christmas Carol", based on Charles Dickens' novel, closes at Richard Rodgers Theater, NYC, after 18 performances
Musical Finale
Jan 7 Stephen Sondheims's musical "Passion" closes at the Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 280 performances, and 6 Drama Desk and 4 Tony Award wins
- Jan 8 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000
Mike Schmidt Elected
Jan 8 Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star third baseman Mike Schmidt is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
"Guys & Dolls"
Jan 8 Revival of Frank Loesser's musical "Guys & Dolls", starring Nathan Lane, closes at Martin Beck Theater, NYC, after 1143 performances, winning 4 Tony and 7 Drama Desk Awards
- Jan 9 Ecuador & Peru involved in boundary fight
- Jan 9 Worker accidentally cuts electrical wires at Newark Airport
Television Premiere
Jan 10 "The Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM; hosts the program until 1999
- Jan 11 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in NYC)
- Jan 11 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) granted CFL franchise, experiment only lasts one season
- Jan 11 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
- Jan 11 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jan 12 10th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Allman Brothers Band; Al Green; Janis Joplin; Led Zeppelin; Martha and the Vandellas; Neil Young; Frank Zappa; The Orioles; Paul Ackerman
- Jan 12 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe, Japan
OJ Simpson Trial
Jan 12 Murder trial against O.J. Simpson, begins in LA
- Jan 12 Pope John Paul II arrives on his second visit to the Philippines on trip to South East Asia
- Jan 13 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
- Jan 13 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
- Jan 14 10,000 South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo
- Jan 14 16th ACE Cable Awards: John Malone wins the Golden CableACE for outstanding achievements in advancing the development of cable programming
US Aid for Mexico
Jan 14 Mexico pledges profits from state-owned Pemex's $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico
Pazienza vs. Durán
Jan 14 Vinny Pazienza beats Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán in a 12-round unanimous decision in a super middleweight bout in Atlantic City; 2nd time in 6 months Pazienza wears down 43-year-old Duran in a high profile pay-pay-view bout
- Jan 15 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 17-13
- Jan 15 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys, 38-28
- Jan 15 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334
- Jan 15 Western Washington begins using new area code 360
- Jan 16 UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in NYC)
- Jan 17 "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 322 performances
- Jan 17 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe, Japan and kills 5,372
- Jan 17 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
Bush Governor of Texas
Jan 17 George W. Bush sworn in as Governor of Texas
- Jan 17 LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
- Jan 18 Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka v Kerala
Pope Visits Australia
Jan 18 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia
- Jan 19 Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg
- Jan 20 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr, NYC; runs for 276 performances
- Jan 20 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
- Jan 20 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)
52nd Golden Globes
Jan 21 52nd Golden Globes: "Forrest Gump", Tom Hanks, & Jessica Lange win
- Jan 22 Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed
- Jan 25 Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers, 5-1 in the first NHL game in their new home, the United Center; defenseman Chris Chelios leads scoring with a goal and 2 assists
- Jan 25 Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee
Howard Stern Rest Stop
Jan 26 NJ Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
- Jan 26 With a record 6,254,427 ballots cast by fans in NBA All-Star Voting, Detroit's Grant Hill becomes the first rookie to lead all NBA players in All-Star votes received, earning #1 on 1,289,585 ballots
- Jan 27 Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan
Pierce Beats Sánchez Vicario
Jan 28 Australian Open Women's tennis: Mary Pierce of France beats Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3, 6-2 for her 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Australian singles title
- Jan 28 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise
- Jan 29 11th Sundance Film Festival: "The Brothers McMullen" and "The Young Poisoner's Handbook" (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Agassi Defeats Sampras
Jan 29 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi wins his 1st of 4 Australian titles; beats fellow American Pete Sampras 4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
- Jan 29 Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide
Super Bowl XXIX
Jan 29 Super Bowl XXIX, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL: San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26; MVP: Steve Young, SF, QB
- Jan 30 22nd American Music Awards: Boyz II Men & Ace of Base win
- Jan 30 Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air
- Jan 30 Car bomb explodes in Algiers, killing 42 and wounding 296
- Jan 30 Jazz guitarist Kevin Eubanks officially becomes bandleader of "The Tonight Show"
- Jan 30 Norway's Statoil announces a newly formed consortium that will supply Norwegian natural gas to the European continent
- Jan 30 Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
- Jan 31 US President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy
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