Highlights
Gentleman Jack Gallagher
Gentleman Jack Gallagher, English mixed martial artist and wrestler
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Bronko Nagurski
Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (born 1908)
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Conan and the Young Warriors
"Wolf in the Fold" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-01-07.
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Liam Aiken
Liam Aiken, American actor
Gentleman Jack Gallagher
Gentleman Jack Gallagher, English mixed martial artist and wrestler
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
Roger Lafontant
Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as president.
Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
A British Aerospace Jetstream 41 operating as United Express Flight 6291 crashes in Gahanna, Ohio, killing five of the eight people on board.
Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Bronko Nagurski
Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (born 1908)
Tucker Barnhart
Tucker Barnhart, American baseball player
Eden Hazard
Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer
Michael Walters
Michael Walters, Australian footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Conan and the Young Warriors
"Wolf in the Fold" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-01-07.
The Young and the Restless
"Friday January 7 1994" (Season 5, Episode 5) aired on 1994-01-07.
Days of Our Lives
"January 7 1994-Friday" (Season 1994, Episode 5) aired on 1994-01-07.
All My Children
"Fri Jan 7 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 5) aired on 1994-01-07.
"Bounty Hunters' Convention" (Season 1, Episode 16) aired on 1994-01-07.
"Martin Mull, Drew Carey, Dana Delaney" (Season 1994, Episode 5) aired on 1994-01-07.
"Dick Dale (host), The Eagles, Freddy Johnston" (Season 1995, Episode 1) aired on 1995-01-07.
"M.V.P." (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1995-01-07.
"Un Pasto Invernale - A Winter Meal" (Season 6, Episode 9) aired on 1995-01-07.
"1994 NFL Playoffs Divisional round (1)" (Season 1994, Episode 20) aired on 1995-01-07.
"The Tale of the Closet Keepers" (Season 4, Episode 11) aired on 1995-01-07.
"1995 NFL Playoff Divisional Round (2)" (Season 1995, Episode 21) aired on 1996-01-07.
"Who Monitors the Birds?" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1996-01-07.
"Sibling rivalries; brawling babies" (Season 7, Episode 12) aired on 1996-01-07.
"Never on Sunday" (Season 3, Episode 12) aired on 1996-01-07.
"Death Goes Double Platinum" (Season 12, Episode 13) aired on 1996-01-07.
"Richard Nixon: The Man and the President" (Season 1996, Episode 20) aired on 1996-01-07.
"The Hood, the Bud and the Kelly (1)" (Season 10, Episode 14) aired on 1996-01-07.
"The Tennessee Valley Authority" (Season 3, Episode 12) aired on 1996-01-07.
"Something About Dante Proposing to Heather" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1997-01-07.
"Brother's Got No Soul or, I Love Lucifer" (Season 1, Episode 13) aired on 1997-01-07.
"Caroline and the Perfect Record" (Season 2, Episode 12) aired on 1997-01-07.
"Kathy Kinney" (Season 1997, Episode 2) aired on 1997-01-07.
"Ray Liotta, Norm Macdonald" (Season 1997, Episode 4) aired on 1997-01-07.
"Wednesday Janaury 07 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 4) aired on 1998-01-07.
"Ricki Lake" (Season 1998, Episode 3) aired on 1998-01-07.
"Norm Macdonald, Peta Wilson, Streb" (Season 1998, Episode 3) aired on 1998-01-07.
Total Request Live had teenagers calling in around the clock. Here's what was charting:
The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999
#2 on TRL — Britney Spears, "...Baby One More Time"
#3 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#4 on TRL — *NSYNC, "I Drive Myself Crazy"
#5 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#6 on TRL — 98 Degrees, "The Hardest Thing"
#7 on TRL — Lauryn Hill, "Ex-Factor"
#8 on TRL — Brandy & Monica, "The Boy Is Mine"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — Kid Rock, "Bawitdaba"
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