Unix Timestamp: 757987200
Saturday, January 8. 1994, 12:00:00 AM UTC

"Soyuz TM-18": Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7 day orbit, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit.

The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin.

"The Superhighway Summit" is held at UCLA's Royce Hall. It is the first conference to discuss the growing information superhighway and is presided over by U.S. Vice President Al Gore.