Highlights
Buster Douglas
Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
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Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7220" (Season 1994, Episode 14) aired on 1994-02-11.
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
Buster Douglas
Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
Q'orianka Kilcher
Q'orianka Kilcher, German-American actress
Hwang Chan-sung
Hwang Chan-sung, South Korean singer and actor
Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Dude Martin, American country singer, bandleader, radio and television host (born 1915)
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Javier Aquino
Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Canadian football player and medical doctor
Nikola Mirotić
Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player
Jake Matthews (American football)
Jake Matthews, American football player
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7220" (Season 1994, Episode 14) aired on 1994-02-11.
All My Children
"Friday February 11 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 30) aired on 1994-02-11.
As the World Turns
"Feb 11 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 30) aired on 1994-02-11.
One Life to Live
"Friday February 11 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 33) aired on 1994-02-11.
"Brooklyn Dodgers" (Season 1, Episode 19) aired on 1994-02-11.
"Steven Seagal, Salt N Peppa, Johnathan Soloman" (Season 1994, Episode 26) aired on 1994-02-11.
"Barry White, Vanessa Marcil (hosts), Sade, Luther Vandross" (Season 1995, Episode 6) aired on 1995-02-11.
"The New Gorton/Murray Friendship" (Season 11, Episode 15) aired on 1995-02-11.
"Scavenger Hunt" (Season 2, Episode 5) aired on 1995-02-11.
"The Angriest Angel (2)" (Season 1, Episode 15) aired on 1996-02-11.
"Bears; wedding mishaps" (Season 7, Episode 15) aired on 1996-02-11.
"I Now Pronounce You..." (Season 3, Episode 15) aired on 1996-02-11.
"The Agony and the Extra C" (Season 10, Episode 17) aired on 1996-02-11.
"Something About How Jack and Carly Met" (Season 1, Episode 15) aired on 1997-02-11.
"Happy Happy, Droid Droid or, Amma Sees Red" (Season 1, Episode 17) aired on 1997-02-11.
"Secrets of Lost Empires (1): Stonehenge" (Season 24, Episode 13) aired on 1997-02-11.
"Caroline and the Long Shot" (Season 2, Episode 15) aired on 1997-02-11.
"Uri Geller" (Season 1997, Episode 22) aired on 1997-02-11.
"Sarah Jessica Parker, Geoffrey Rush, Barry Manilow" (Season 1997, Episode 24) aired on 1997-02-11.
"Best of Show / Walk on the Wild Side" (Season 2, Episode 45) aired on 1998-02-11.
"Grandparents Just Want to Have Fun" (Season 2, Episode 28) aired on 1998-02-11.
"Jayson Williams" (Season 1998, Episode 22) aired on 1998-02-11.
"Stupid Human Tricks, Cindy Crawford, Jonny Moseley" (Season 1998, Episode 23) aired on 1998-02-11.
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 — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#3 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#4 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#5 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#7 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#8 on TRL — Britney Spears, "...Baby One More Time"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — *NSYNC, "I Drive Myself Crazy"
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