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December 14, 1994

On December 14, 1994, construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river. 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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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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On December 14, 1994

  1. 1994 Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.

    Dam in Yiling District, Hubei, China

    The Three Gorges Dam, officially known as Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. It is also the world's largest power station by installed capacity (22,500 MW), the Three Gorges Dam generates 95±20 TWh of electricity per year on average, depending on the amount of precipitation in the river basin. After the monsoons of 2020, the dam produced nearly 112 TWh in a year, breaking the record of 103 TWh set by the Itaipu Dam in 2016.

Arrivals

Born on December 14, 1994

Kuldeep Yadav 1994– Indian cricketer (born 1994)

Farewells

Died on December 14, 1994

Orval Faubus Governor of Arkansas 1955–1967 (1910–1994)

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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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