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July 8, 1994

On July 8, 1994, kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il Sung. 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 July 8, 1994

  1. 1994 Kim Jong Il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il Sung.

    Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

    Kim Jong Il was a North Korean politician and dictator who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his own death in 2011. Posthumously, Kim Jong Il was declared an Eternal Leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).

  2. 1994 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on an international science mission.

    Space Shuttle orbiter (1981–2003)

    Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe, and the female personification of the United States, Columbia was the first of five Space Shuttle orbiters to fly in space, debuting the Space Shuttle launch vehicle on its maiden flight on April 12, 1981 and becoming the first spacecraft to be re-used after its first flight when it launched on STS-2 on November 12, 1981. As only the second full-scale orbiter to be manufactured after the Approach and Landing Test vehicle Enterprise, Columbia retained unique external and internal features compared with later orbiters, such as test instrumentation and distinctive black chines.

Farewells

Died on July 8, 1994

Christian-Jaque French filmmaker (1904–1994)
Kim Il Sung Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994
Lars-Eric Lindblad Swedish-American entrepreneur and explorer (1927–1994)
Dick Sargent American actor (1930–1994)

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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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