Death of Kim Il-sung
1994 · Event
North Korea's founding leader dies; power passes to his son Kim Jong-il, entrenching the world's only communist dynasty.
On these timelines: Korea, Master
More from Korea
- Korean War (1950)
- Division of Korea at the 38th parallel (1945)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- King Sejong invents Hangul (1443)
- Founding of North and South Korea (1948)
- North Korea invades South (1950)
Around 1994
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Reunification of Germany (1990)
- I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) (1992)
- Love Is All Around (Wet Wet Wet) (1994)