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August 21, 1994

On August 21, 1994, royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board. The year's #1 song was "The Sign" by Ace of Base. Siobhan Hunter, Brandon Montour, Eric Bailly would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1994th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 994th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1990s decade.

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What happened

On August 21, 1994

  1. 1994 Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.

    1994 deliberate plane crash in Morocco

    Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 was a passenger flight on 21 August 1994 which crashed approximately ten minutes after takeoff from Agadir–Al Massira Airport in Morocco. All 44 passengers and crew on board were killed. It was the deadliest ATR 42 aircraft crash at that point in time.

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Born on August 21, 1994

Alexandra Cooper 1994– American social media influencer (born 1994)
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu 1994– English actress and reality television personality (born 1994)

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The class of 1994

Others born in 1994

Siobhan Hunter 1994– Scottish footballer
Brandon Montour 1994– Canadian ice hockey player
Eric Bailly 1994– Ivorian professional footballer
Isabelle Drummond 1994– Brazilian actress and singer
Guido Rodríguez 1994– Argentine footballer
Saoirse Ronan 1994– American-born Irish actress

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