It happened on a… August 12

Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. Montreal Expos are having their best season to date, with 74 wins and 40 losses.

The U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced that the North American Free Trade Agreement had been created after 14 months of negotiations.

IBM unveiled its first PC.

French Marshal Philippe Petain gives full support to Nazi Germany.

Henry Ford's company builds the first Model T car.

Hawaii is formally annexed to US.

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording.

The town of Chicago is incorporated (population 350).

Start of construction of the Hôtel-Dieu hospital at Quebec.