I have pretty clear memories of 94. I completely remember graduating from elementary school. I heard TLC for the first time. Even at my age, I could tell they were popular. Creep, Red Light Special and Waterfalls are very memorable. I seen Angels In The Out Field for the first time as well as Animaniacs. My friends were temporary, but still cool. The vibe was pretty great, beside crying for my mom after school haha Everything else I missed out on till the later 90s.

When I hear 1994, I think of this, although it wasn't in the US until '95, but premiered in the UK in '94:
http://www.mumfieand.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1-ebook-51.png
Also, does anyone remember the seventh season of Garfield and Friends which premiered the same year? This was my favorite part of that season:
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/garfield/images/3/38/Aloysius_happy.png/revision/latest?cb=20120909222239

July 8th 1994 – Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.

July 23rd 1994 - The International Astronomical Union named an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter after Frank Zappa, who had died the previous December.

July 23rd 1994 – Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.

July 28th 1994 - Kenny Rogers, of the Texas Rangers, pitched the 14th perfect game in major league baseball history.

July 30th 1994 - Rage Against The Machine, Bjork, Blur, Manic Street Preachers, Del Amitri, Primal Scream, Crowded House, Oasis and Aimee Mann all appeared at this year's two-day T In The Park festival in Scotland.

August 12th 1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.

August 14th 1994 – Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.

August 18th 1994 – Irish mobster Martin Cahill is assassinated in Dublin.

August 23rd 1994 – Eugene Bullard, the only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.

August 27th 1994 - Boyz II Men started a 14 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I'll Make Love To You', a No.5 hit in the UK. The record- breaking 14 week stay came to an end when they knocked themselves from the top with 'On Bended Knee'.

September 1st - Fire destroys the Norwich Central Library in the United Kingdom, including most of its historical records.

September 1st 1990 - The University of London founds the School of Advanced Study, a group of postgraduate research institutes.

September 3rd 1994 – Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.

September 6th 1994 - English keyboard player Nicky Hopkins died aged 50, in Nashville, Tennessee, of complications from intestinal surgery. Was a highly respected session musician, worked with The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, Small Faces, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, George Harrison, and the Jerry Garcia Band. The Kinks song 'Session Man' from Face to Face is dedicated to (and features) Hopkins.

September 10th 1994 - REM were at No.9 on the UK singles chart with 'What's The Frequency Kenneth'. The song's title refers to an incident in 1986 when two unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather while repeating "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"

September 14th 1994 – The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.

September 14th 1994 - US singer Steve Earle was sentenced to 1 year in jail after being found guilty of possession of crack cocaine.

September 18th 1994 - Due to the Major League Baseball players' strike, owners vote to cancel remainder of the season including the World Series.

There was no "1994 Year In Music" thread, so putting this gem here. You may recognise Eddi Reader from her days as lead singer for Fairground Attraction in the late 80s.

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There was no "1994 Year In Music" thread, so putting this gem here. You may recognise Eddi Reader from her days as lead singer for Fairground Attraction in the late 80s.

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The "1994: The Year In Music" thread is found at http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=49229.0

1994 was definitely the best year of the decade for music. There was an incredible amount of variety that year and had something for everyone. Having the eclectic tastes that I have, I like almost everything there was to offer. It was a sonically refreshing year and many of the songs released then sound timeless even to this day.

I really do believe the second half of 1993 all the way through the first half of 1995 was a magical time for popular culture, with the music being the best representation of this era. The second half of 1995 and 1996 are technically just as good, but they lack the charm and passion that 1994 had and things became much more manufactured and safe then, which was probably the result of the nationwide gentrification of the United States. A lot of my favorite songs from 1994 would not have been possible just two years later. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", "Buddy Holly", "Vasoline", "Basket Case", "When I Come Around", "Zombie", and "Bang and Blame" all feature distorted, snarling guitars that had gone out of style by the end of 1995. By 1996, rock was largely composed with lighter and more jangly guitars, because that was the style at the time. To be fair, this also wouldn't have been possible two years earlier as well.

It isn't just rock, either. Biggie's "Juicy" and "Unbelievable", Rappin' 4-Tay's "Playaz Club", Craig Mack's "Flava in Ya Ear", and Us3's "Cantaloop", all of which are among my favorite rap songs of all time, sound totally different from rap from the rest of the mid '90s. Compared to "Too Hot", "California Love", "Sugar Hill", "Rapper's Ball", "Cold Rock a Party", "Get Money", "No Time", "Big Daddy", "Hypnotize", "Doin' It", and "Loungin' (Who Do Ya Luv)", the above-mentioned 1994 rap songs sound "early '90s". Not that they would be popular in the early '90s–those musical compositions were not yet in style even in the first half of 1993–but the production values are closer to the early '90s than they are to the rest of the mid '90s. It was mostly the West Coast rap trends that survived into 1995 and 1996.

On the reverse, there were also a few songs from 1994 that were minor hits at the time of their release but would have fit in with late 1995-1996 perfectly. "Do You Wanna Get Funky", "Landslide", "I'll Take You There", and "Sending My Love" all reached the lower regions of the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot 100 Airplay. If they had been released a couple years later they would have been huge.

I'm not saying late 1995 and 1996 were bad years for music; As a matter of fact, I actually see the entire mid '90s (which I think musically spans from the second half of 1993 all the way through the first half of 1997) as this incredibly rich period for admirable levels of musical virtuosity in mainstream acts which hasn't been seen much since it ended. Music has become a lot more computerized in the years since, and the need for hiring orchestras comprising of multiple musicians who specialize in their own instrument is no longer necessary. It gets really expensive to pay these people, so the computer has made it an effective way to cut costs. Anyone who actually goes out of their way to compose their music with a group of paid musical experts is now doing it just for novelty. In comparison to the second half of the mid '90s, 1994 felt a lot more inspired.

If I were to point out just one calendar year that defined an entire generation, it would be this one. 1994 is the flagship Generation X year. There were too many generation-defining events to argue for anything else, with the possible exception of 1995. It's all in the releases–music, movies, television, and video games. Everything that came out that year has become classics within that generation.

1994 is easily one of the greatest years for music of all time. The amount of top-notch quality album releases is just astounding in and of itself: Illmatic, Ready to Die, Ill Communication, Don't Fight the Feelin', Regulate... G Funk Era, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, CrazySexyCool, My Life, II, Music for the Jilted Generation, Dummy, Mellow Gold, Throwing Copper, Smash, Live Through This, The Blue Album, Superunknown, Dookie... The list just never ends! There were a lot of amazing years for music, all of them within the 20th century, but the only year that is better than 1994... is 1967.

I think I've said before here that 1994 is perhaps my personal favorite music year of all-time. The presence of "Juicy" and "Regulate" alone would put it way up there for me. I'm not even the biggest hip-hop fan either, but those two songs will have a permanent spot on my iPod for as long as iPod's exist.

In some ways, the rock scene of 1994 gets overshadowed because of Kurt Cobain's death, which is unfortunate because it was incredible that year. "When I Come Around", "Black Hole Sun", "Self Esteem", "Buddy Holly" and "Interstate Love Song" are legit five of my favorite rock songs ever made. And that's just scrapping the surface. "Shine" by Collective Soul, "Low" by Cracker, "Found Out About You" by Gin Blossoms, "Come Down" by Bush, it was just an amazing year.

1994 is one of the best years ever. Dookie and Smash are two of the greatest albums ever released.

As for television, here are some shows from the 1994-1995 television season.

Debuting Series
Party of Five
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/79999-3/25482548Party_of_Five_S1.jpg
My So Called Life
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/119975-3/My_So_Called_Life.jpg
Sweet Valley High
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6700000/Sweet-Valley-High-Season-1-DVD-art-sweet-valley-high-show-6790261-600-800.jpg
Friends
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/109461-2/5790Friends_-_Season_1_Discs_01-02_.jpg

Veteran Shows
Beverly Hills, 90210
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/119114-3/Beverly_Hills_90210_Season_5_-_English_f.jpg
Full House
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/103799-3/1dvd-FullHouse-S8.jpg
Seinfeld
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/252733-3/Season_62.jpg
Boy Meets World
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/256382-2/BMW-2.jpg
The Simpsons
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/107853-3/447The_Simpsons_-_Slim_-_Season_6.jpg
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/119504-3/Fresh_Prince_Season_005.jpg
The Real World: San Francisco
http://www.ew.com/sites/default/files/i/2013/08/15/Real-World-San-Francisco_0.jpg

Probably the best television season of the entire '90s.

Alien Encounter first opened up at Disney World. Phil Hartman originally played the robot. "And if you go to the next room YOU CAN TRY X-S TELEPORTATION FOR YA SELF!"

A look at the some of the fashions of 1994–ranging from mainstream every styles to anti-fashion to designer duds; in that specific order. I will cover people of all ages, regardless of how old or young they appear to be. I should point out that at this time mainstream fashion blended with anti-fashion to a degree. Grunge had went from counterculture style to mainstream everyday fashion trend, and in their place came new, very different forms of anti-fashion. Designer fashion was a world away from all of these; seeing a woman wear designer fashion in 1994 was very uncommon, but seeing a man wear it was almost the equivalent of seeing a unicorn–they don't exist.

Mainstream
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http://home.uchicago.edu/~daarnold/16_with_high_school_friends%20copy.jpg
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http://www.colorado.edu/geography/graduate_students/class_photos/fall_1994.jpg
http://www.monarchgrove.com/images/family/1960present/1994FallAndrewAge12Grade6.jpg
http://www.krissyandnikitaylor.com/files/KRISSYSCOT.jpg
http://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-5KuvS37emzbaPy9XbUJavA/e4700f93-00d8-43c5-81c8-f8a97d6cf028.jpg/r0_0_1296_732_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg
https://40.media.tumblr.com/acc89e0ae591a5daa5c99a748fe51c60/tumblr_nylg1e6lba1stb479o1_1280.png
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/11/14/1321287539783/1-November-1994-Bill-Clin-011.jpg?w=720&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=d41296b153b350a038c6303cc8cef861
http://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/storypad-35WVUfxfAJ5ewz9B7wdJW9B/95e6fd63-09ec-4fa4-a294-38fa60c734a2.JPG/r334_1096_5855_3903_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg
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http://www.rappersiknow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Digable_Planets.jpg
http://api.ning.com/files/9bL98OpelafNWS20fdZ0Cbb9zx4UEKfqdACb45ZNZuqeXHS1izF3T4puvek3q0zWZJ6NO0LoJzxdgxxSFwH2creWraY7xfyt/mwpf2g.jpg?width=586&height=600
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/4e/5e/814e5ed3b6ba015550694bf27acd9de4.jpg

Anti
http://www.movpins.com/big/MV5BMTk4NDQwMTE1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDE4MzU0._V1/brad-pitt-at-event-of-legends-of-the-fall-(1994)-large-picture.jpg
http://www.handinglove.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/music-lifestyle-magazines/vox-issue-50-november-1994-the-cranberries.jpg
http://ellenbeldner.info/assets/img/00.jpg
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-08/27/22/enhanced/webdr10/enhanced-buzz-wide-22716-1409192503-7.jpg
http://cdn.acidcow.com/pics/20120831/celebs_101.jpg
http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17500000/Angelina-Jolie-in-Hackers-angelina-jolie-17535392-950-534.jpg
http://67.media.tumblr.com/5847ab82787de03edb0c57a2fa930215/tumblr_n79vs74vlE1tedbb0o2_1280.jpg
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http://40.media.tumblr.com/fe3ded22bad2da423b654cbfba177141/tumblr_n79v5etfZb1tsxueio1_1280.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94fw/lg/gap94fw.jpg

Designer
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b7/65/6f/b7656fb7e00771218adfa4e5f67c294e.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kGsax07AOAI/UBbRGFHN_HI/AAAAAAAAwzg/lHTVnRgxg_Q/s512/Rolling%2520Stone%2520US%25203%2520November%25201994%2520Liv%2520Tyler%2520%2526%2520Steven%2520Tyler%252005.jpg
http://67.media.tumblr.com/46f6417beda018e69be011a51b57b66c/tumblr_o5wsey5bNE1qzoxf3o1_1280.jpg
http://mariahcareynetwork.com/gallery/photoshoots/1994/seventeen94/seventeen94-3.jpg
http://www.millaj.com/pics/hightimes11941.jpg
http://celebsvenue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/269459/Kirsty-Hume-for-Vogue-November-1994-photo-shoot-005-758x1024.jpg
http://media.mademan.com/chickipedia/uploaded_photos/4/4d/Donna_Perry-chickipedia-smoking-hot-before_thumb_585x795.jpg
http://nick-intl.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:gsp:scenic:/international/style-intl/general-news/march2014/cameron-diaz-1994-545x800.jpg?height=800&width=545&matte=1&quality=.9
http://67.media.tumblr.com/39f2d6507d80e03efe110c7cba622c34/tumblr_ntnoczzK1j1u7leb2o2_1280.jpg
http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Am0zNtrmPpk/s/860/860/92-3-The-Beat-Summer-Jam-Heavy-D-MLP-4714.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94ss/lg/versusbygianniversace94ss2.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94ss/lg/guess94ss1.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94ss/lg/ferrejeans94ss1.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94ss/lg/docker94ss4.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94fw/lg/catalyst94fw.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94fw/lg/guess94fw5.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94fw/lg/neimanmarcuss94fw1.jpg
http://www.uomoclassico.com/94fw/lg/neimanmarcuss94fw2.jpg

Some of these pictures are ridiculous, I know what you're thinking (and you might even question my sexual orientation because of some of these images, but I'm trying to prove a point here so bear with me!). Though overall, I really like this year. Particularly the more high-quality stuff. There is a clear distinction between the styles of everyday people and that of celebrities. Everyday people wore absolutely hideous clothes; they look homeless. Designer fashions and the anti-fashions were so simple, yet so charming. The simplicity of it is very attractive. That's what I love about mid '90s fashion. Too bad it all went down the drain in 1998.  8-P

Hahaha this is the exact type of jumper I wore in 1994...


http://www.uomoclassico.com/94fw/lg/gap94fw.jpg

"Dean Devlin on ‘Stargate’ Reboot: ‘It’s to Let Us Finish Telling Our Story’"

https://variety.com/2016/film/spotlight/stargate-reboot-trilogy-roland-emmerich-dean-devlin-1201795494/

More fashion!

Here I am in 1994. Earth tones clothing, make up, and my hair way up on top of my head. Loosely fitted blouse, black denim jeans that were slightly wide and loose at the leg, and lace up shoes.

http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p510/pink_diamonds7/IMG_0006.jpg

The shoes I had on were exactly like these:

http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p510/pink_diamonds7/how-to-wear-lace-up-flat-shoes-clarks-3_1.jpg

My long locks in 1994. 

http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p510/pink_diamonds7/d944f41e1f773f2cbac03199cde4485e.jpg

More fashion!

Here I am in 1994. Earth tones clothing, make up, and my hair way up on top of my head. Loosely fitted blouse, black denim jeans that were slightly wide and loose at the leg, and lace up shoes.

http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p510/pink_diamonds7/IMG_0006.jpg

The shoes I had on were exactly like these:

http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p510/pink_diamonds7/how-to-wear-lace-up-flat-shoes-clarks-3_1.jpg

My long locks in 1994. 

http://i1153.photobucket.com/albums/p510/pink_diamonds7/d944f41e1f773f2cbac03199cde4485e.jpg


You look very pretty.  :)