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December 1994 was the twelfth and final month of that common year. The month, which began on a Thursday, ended on a Saturday after 31 days.

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Current events of December 1, 1994 (1994-12-01) (Thursday) Ernesto Zedillo takes office as President of Mexico. Current events of December 2, 1994 (1994-12-02) (Friday) The Australian government agrees to pay reparations to indigenous Australians who were displaced during the nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s. Current events of December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03) (Saturday) Taiwan held the first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only direct elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first direct elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directed Mayor of Kaohsiung. Current events of December 8, 1994 (1994-12-08) (Thursday) More than 300 children die in the 1994 Karamay fire which engulfs a theatre in Karamay, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China in one of the worst civilian fires in the nation's history. Current events of December 11, 1994 (1994-12-11) (Sunday) Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders troops into Chechnya. A small bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman. The bombing was a field test done by Ramzi Yousef to test explosives that would have been used in Project Bojinka. Current events of December 12, 1994 (1994-12-12) (Monday) Rebel forces capture 40 Russian soldiers and six armoured vehicles near the Chechan capital, Grozny. Two days of torrential rain floods many houses in Glasgow, Scotland. An anonymous man wins more than $40 million in the new national lottery in Britain. Current events of December 13, 1994 (1994-12-13) (Tuesday) The trial of former President Mengistu begins in Ethiopia. Fred West, 53, a builder living in Gloucester, is remanded in custody, charged with murdering 12 people (including two of his own daughters) whose bodies are mostly found buried at his house in Cromwell Street. His wife Rose West, 41, is charged with 10 murders. Police believe that the murders took place between 1967 and 1987, and suspect that they may have killed up to 30 people. Three people drown in what was being described as Scotland's worst flood in living memory. Current events of December 14, 1994 (1994-12-14) (Wednesday) A Learjet, piloted by Richard Anderson and Brad Sexton, misses an elementary school and crashes into an apartment complex in Fresno, California, killing both pilots and injuring several apartment residents. A runaway Santa Fe freight train rear ends a Union Pacific train at the bottom of Cajon Pass, California. British Home Secretary Michael Howard announces that Myra Hindley will serve a whole life tariff for the Moors murders of the 1960s. Construction commences on the Three Gorges Dam, at Sandouping, China. Ten people are killed in a plane crash near the International Airport in North Carolina. Three people are killed in a blast at a fertilizer plant in Iowa. In Chechnya, Russian armoured columns encircle the city of Grozny awaiting orders to crush the rebellion. Current events of December 15, 1994 (1994-12-15) (Thursday) The first version of web browser Netscape Navigator is released. Current events of December 19, 1994 (1994-12-19) (Monday) A planned exchange rate correction of the Mexican peso to the US dollar becomes a massive financial meltdown in Mexico, unleashing the 'Tequila' effect on global financial markets. This prompts a US$50 billion "bailout" by the Clinton Administration. The Whitewater scandal investigation begins in Washington, D.C. Civil unions between same-sex couples are legalized in Sweden. Current events of December 26, 1994 (1994-12-26) (Monday) French anti-terrorist police storm a hijacked jet at Marseille and kill 4 Islamist terrorists. Current events of December 31, 1994 (1994-12-31) (Saturday) This date is skipped by the Phoenix Islands to switch from the UTC−11 time zone to UTC+13, and by the Line Islands to switch from UTC−10 to UTC+14. The latter becomes the earliest time zone in the world, one full day ahead of Hawaii.

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