Topic summary
July 1994
Extracted from the Wikipedia article 1994.
July
- July 4 – Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture Kigali, a major breakthrough in the Rwandan Civil War.
- July 5 – Jeff Bezos founds Amazon.
- July 7 – 1994 civil war in Yemen: Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen.
- July 8 – North Korean President Kim Il Sung dies, but officially continues to hold office.
- July 12 – The Allied occupation of Berlin officially ends with a casing of the colors ceremony attended by U.S. president Bill Clinton.
- July 16–22 – Fragments of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impact the planet Jupiter.
- July 17 – Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3–2 in a penalty shootout in the final (full-time 0–0).
- July 18
- AMIA bombing: In Buenos Aires, a terrorist attack destroys a building housing several Jewish organizations, killing 85 and injuring many more.
- Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture Gisenyi, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the Rwandan genocide.