What Happened on July 4, 1994

• FIFA World Cup: A Bebeto strike saves Brazil from embarrassment, beat USA 1-0 at Stanford
• Rwandese Patriotic Front occupies Kigali

• Arthur Berry, English artist and playwright, dies at 69
• Joey Marella, American professional wrestling referee (b. 1964)
• Juan Gil-Albert, Spanish poet and writer, dies at 90
• Liesbeth Struppert, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55
• Rupert Davies, English methodist scholar, dies at 84
• Tawfik Ziad, Palestinian communist/Israeli MP/mayor of Nazareth, dies

Holidays: Independence Day (United States)

• #1 Song: I Swear - All-4-One
• #1 Song: Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet