🧠 Inventions of 1994
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
E-Commerce Platform
2 
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
3 
Search Engine (Yahoo)
4 
Digital Mobile Phone Expansion
5 
Web Advertising Banner
6 
Online Multiplayer Gaming
7 
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
8 
Internet Radio
9 
Voice over IP Concept
10 
Medical Telemedicine Systems
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON April 21, 1994
Full News Archive
- Headline: Choosing the Best Furniture Finish. Impact: If only the furniture industry had invented a time-traveling polish, we might have avoided all those awkward dinner parties where guests are horrified by your 1970s avocado-green coffee table. Instead, we now have generations of people avoiding wood and opting for plastic because they can't handle the stress of choosing a finish.. Fact: Did you know that the first known use of wood finishes dates back to ancient Egypt? They probably didn't have to deal with 'Which New Finish To Choose?'—it was just 'slather on some oil and hope for the best.'.
- Headline: Allstate Raises Earthquake Loss Estimate. Impact: Allstate's loss estimate is the type of thing that leads to a domino effect of insurance premium increases. In 50 years, people will look back and say, 'Remember when $950 million seemed like a lot? Now we just call that Tuesday.'. Fact: Fun fact: The insurance industry has a long history of underestimating losses. If only they’d invested in crystal balls instead of actuarial tables!.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1994, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #2
ORCL
Oracle
Price in 1994
$1.13
Value in 2025
$159,565
Oracle - If you invested $1,000 in 1994, it would be worth $159,565 today (159.6x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Spawn #26
$29.00
The Sandman #57
$150
Preacher #1
$150
X-Men #30
$250
Bone #10
$1,000
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Power Rangers Action Figures
$150.00
Pogs
$50.00
LEGO Ice Planet 2002
$150.00
VR Troopers Toys
$50.00
Easy-Bake Oven (Reissue)
$75.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Donkey Kong Country
$180.00
Final Fantasy VI
$250.00
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
$39.50
System Shock
$100.00
Earthworm Jim
$150.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Michael Jordan #1 (Star '84 Tribute)
$75,000
Magic: The Gathering 'Winter Orb'
$300
Shaquille O'Neal #32 (USA Basketball)
$250,000
Ken Griffey Jr. 'Griffey' #72 (Topps Stadium Club)
$1,272
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$500,000