1994

1994 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1994; MCMXCIV
Ab urbe condita	2747
Armenian calendar	1443; ԹՎ ՌՆԽԳ
Assyrian calendar	6744
Baháʼí calendar	150–151
Balinese saka calendar	1915–1916
Bengali calendar	1400–1401
Berber calendar	2944
British Regnal year	42 Eliz. 2 – 43 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2538
Burmese calendar	1356
Byzantine calendar	7502–7503
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster); 4691 or 4484; — to —; 甲戌年 (Wood Dog); 4692 or 4485
Coptic calendar	1710–1711
Discordian calendar	3160
Ethiopian calendar	1986–1987
Hebrew calendar	5754–5755
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2050–2051
- Shaka Samvat	1915–1916
- Kali Yuga	5094–5095
Holocene calendar	11994
Igbo calendar	994–995
Iranian calendar	1372–1373
Islamic calendar	1414–1415
Japanese calendar	Heisei 6; (平成６年)
Javanese calendar	1926–1927
Juche calendar	83
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4327
Minguo calendar	ROC 83; 民國83年
Nanakshahi calendar	526
Thai solar calendar	2537
Tibetan calendar	ཆུ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་; (female Water-Bird); 2120 or 1739 or 967; — to —; ཤིང་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་; (male Wood-Dog); 2121 or 1740 or 968
Unix time	757382400 – 788918399

From top to bottom, left to right: Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa in the nation’s first multiracial democratic elections; the 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States and was won by Brazil; the 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; the Rwandan genocide unfolds over 100 days, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 800,000 Tutsi and Hutu; the First Chechen War begins as Russian forces invade Chechnya; the 1994 Northridge earthquake devastates Southern California, causing widespread destruction and killing dozens; Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 breaks up and violently collides with Jupiter; the Zapatista uprising erupts in Chiapas, Mexico; and the Sony PlayStation is released in Japan.

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.

The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.

In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitting December 31. This was due to an adjustment of the International Date Line by the Kiribati government to bring all of its territories into the same calendar day.