🧠 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 September 14, 1994
Full News Archive
- Headline: Scandal of 1950s Television Game Shows. Impact: This TV game scandal set off a chain reaction that ultimately led to reality TV. Yes, if they hadn't rigged those games, we might have been spared the likes of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians'. Thanks, 50s TV!. Fact: Did you know that before reality TV, people actually believed in the concept of honesty? What a quaint notion!.
- Headline: Boston's Evolving Real Estate Landscape. Impact: The construction industry in Boston limped along, but little did they know that this would eventually lead to thriving coffee shops in every corner and overpriced avocado toast, making it impossible for the average Joe to afford a home.. Fact: Did you know that the only thing more inflated than Boston's housing market is the egos of the local real estate agents?.
- Headline: Some Cubans Are Released From Detention in Florida. Impact: This decision rippled through time, eventually leading to a complex web of immigration debates and policies that would confound political experts for decades. Who knew a few boat people could stir such a bureaucratic hornet's nest?. Fact: Did you know that the term 'boat people' has nothing to do with maritime tourism? I guess that's just a missed marketing opportunity!.
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