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Events on Friday 8 July 1994 1
1912 – 1994Kim Il Sung (1912-1994)Died 8 July 1994, aged 81Kim Il Sung, founder and long-ruling leader of North Korea, died of a heart attack, prompting a formal ten-day mourning period. His son Kim Jong Il succeeded him, beginning a dynastic leadership that continues today.