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1994
1. BRYAN ADAMS spent his 9th
week at No 1 in Australia with his single Please Forgive
Me.
(It first made No 1 in
November 1993).
2. BLUE HEELERS began on
Australian television.
3. BRAZIL
won the World Cup soccer final
defeating Italy.
4. FRENTE! made the US singles chart
with their
version of New Order’s hit Bizarre
Love Triangle.
5. RICHARD GERE and CINDY CRAWFORD
placed a $36,000 advertisement in The Times newspaper in
England to deny rumours that their marriage was
on the rocks. (They separated a
year later)
6. Hey Dad! ceased production after
notching up 291
episodes. The Australian comedy series began
in 1984.
7. JEUNE won the
Melbourne Cup.
8. ITA BUTTROSE’s
magazine Ita ceased after five years
of publishing.
9. MICHAEL JACKSON, 35, married
LISA-MARIE PRESLEY, 26, in the Dominican Republic. The
ceremony took place 20 days
after Lisa-Marie’s divorce from first husband
Danny Keough.
10. TONY LOCKETT became the highest
paid AFL footballer when he left St Kilda and transferred to
the Sydney Swans in a $1.4
million deal.
11. MARIAH CAREY’s album Music Box
spent 16 weeks at No 1 on the Australian album
chart and was the year’s best
selling album.
12. A COUNTRY PRACTICE went to air
for the final
time. It debuted on Australian television
in 1981.
13. GEORGE FOREMAN, aged 45, became
the oldest ever heavy weight champion of the world with a
knockout
win over Michael Moorer in their
IBF/WBA contest.
14. WET WET WET’s single Love Is All
Around became the biggest selling pop single of the decade in
Britain. It spent 15 weeks at
No 1.
15. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN became a
naturalised Australian,
prior to that she held a
British passport.
16. STEVEN
SPIELBERG was the highest earning entertainer.
(Forbes Magazine)
17. THE THREE TENORS live album
became the first classical album to debut
at No 1 on the Australian
album chart.
18. BARBARA CARTLAND finished her
600th book to coincide with her
93rd birthday.
19. MURIEL’S WEDDING won the AFI
Award for Best Australian Film. TONI COLLETTE won the
Best Actress award for her role as Muriel in Muriel’s Wedding
and
co-star RACHEL GRIFFITHS was named Best
Supporting Actress.
20. MIDDAY program hosted by DERRYN
HINCH went to air for the
final time. | 
