The PlayStation was first released in Japan.
Tag: 1994
8 July 1994
Kim Jong-il begins becomes the supreme leader of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
17 June 1994
After a televised low-speed highway pursuit, OJ Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
24 May 1994
The four men who were convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are to 240 years in prison.
7 May 1994
The painting ‘The Scream’ is recovered after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
6 January 1994
Nancy Kerrigan is attacked the USA Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, Michigan.