Highlights
Problem Child
"Junior and the Camp" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1994-01-16.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Lady Eve Balfour
Lady Eve Balfour, British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (born 1898)
Iraq
Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
Matt Duchene
Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
El Salvador
El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died.
Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (born 1915)
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Dennis Kelly (American football)
Dennis Kelly, American football player
Hannes Anier
Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
Jonathan Allen
Jonathan Allen, American football player
Tre'Davious White
Tre'Davious White, American football player
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Problem Child
"Junior and the Camp" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1994-01-16.
CBS News Sunday Morning
"Sun Jan 16 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 3) aired on 1994-01-16.
NFL Primetime
"1993 NFL Playoff Divisional Round (2)" (Season 1993, Episode 22) aired on 1994-01-16.
Murder, She Wrote
"Portrait of Death" (Season 10, Episode 13) aired on 1994-01-16.
"The Sound of Madness" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1995-01-16.
"Bugging Out!" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1995-01-16.
"They Say It's Yer Birthday" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1995-01-16.
"Bill Cosby, Pat Metheny, Spin Doctors" (Season 1995, Episode 11) aired on 1995-01-16.
"Charlene Tilton, My Three Sons reunion" (Season 1996, Episode 11) aired on 1996-01-16.
"Tues Jan 16 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 12) aired on 1996-01-16.
"Richard Kline" (Season 1997, Episode 8) aired on 1997-01-16.
"Tom Selleck, Art Donovan, Babyface" (Season 1997, Episode 11) aired on 1997-01-16.
"Beauty Pageant Pandemonium / Hog-Tied" (Season 2, Episode 40) aired on 1998-01-16.
"It's All in Your Head" (Season 2, Episode 10) aired on 1998-01-16.
"Fri Jan 16 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 11) aired on 1998-01-16.
"Shaggy Dog, City Goat" (Season 6, Episode 11) aired on 1998-01-16.
"Ben Stiller, Sandra Bernhard, Jars of Clay" (Season 1998, Episode 10) aired on 1998-01-16.
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