🧠 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 August 1, 1994
Full News Archive
- Headline: Giants Unite Against AIDS in Baseball. Impact: The emotional pre-game ceremony ignited a wave of compassion in sports, leading to a bizarre future where every game has a charity theme. Next up? 'Help Us Fund a New Stadium Day' – because nothing says philanthropy like overpriced hot dogs.. Fact: Did you know that after this event, Major League Baseball tried to trademark 'Until There's a Cure Day'? It turns out you can't own a day—though they still tried to sell shirts..
- Headline: Miller Shines at Goodwill Games. Impact: Shannon Miller's two E's on the uneven bars sparked a fierce debate in gymnastics that would eventually lead to the invention of the 'E-sport' category. Now, you can get an Olympic medal for sitting on a couch and playing virtual gymnastics!. Fact: Fun fact: Shannon Miller was so good that she almost single-handedly created a new metric for success in gymnastics, which is now known as the 'Miller Effect'—the act of dazzling judges into giving you extra points for just being awesome..
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