The Daily Rewind1990–1999

February 12.

A decade of moments, all landing on this one date. 102 things that happened on February 12 across the 1990s — from 1990 to 1999.

Highlights

Katherine Barrell
1990News & World

Katherine Barrell

Katherine Barrell, Canadian actress, director, writer, and producer

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Robert Griffin III
1990Sports

Robert Griffin III

Robert Griffin III, American football player

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Ciao Italia
1994Movies & TV

Ciao Italia

"Pappardelle – Wide Pasta" (Season 5, Episode 6) aired on 1994-02-12.

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News & World16 entries

The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:

Carmen Lawrence
1990News

Carmen Lawrence

Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.

Katherine Barrell
1990News

Katherine Barrell

Katherine Barrell, Canadian actress, director, writer, and producer

Kane Richardson
1991News

Kane Richardson

Kane Richardson, Australian cricketer

Constitution of Mongolia
1992News

Constitution of Mongolia

The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.

1991News
Roger Patterson (bassist)

Roger Patterson, American bass player (born 1968)

1992News
Magda Linette

Magda Linette, Polish tennis player

1992News
Bep van Klaveren

Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (born 1907)

1993News
Murder of James Bulger

Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.

1993News
Jennifer Stone

Jennifer Stone, American actress

1994News
National Gallery (Norway)

Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.

1994News
Kemal Bilmez

Kemal Bilmez, Belgian politician

1994News
Arman Hall

Arman Hall, American sprinter

1994News
Donald Judd

Donald Judd, American painter and sculptor (born 1928)

1995News
Philip Taylor Kramer

Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (born 1952)

1998News
Gardner Ackley

Gardner Ackley, American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1915)

1999News
Bill Clinton

United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.

Sports5 entries

On the field and off it, athletes were making history:

Robert Griffin III
1990Sports

Robert Griffin III

Robert Griffin III, American football player

Patrick Herrmann
1991Sports

Patrick Herrmann

Patrick Herrmann, German footballer

Bud Dupree
1993Sports

Bud Dupree

Bud Dupree, American football player

Rafinha (footballer, born February 1993)
1993Sports

Rafinha (footballer, born February 1993)

Rafinha, Brazilian footballer

1994Sports
Paxton Lynch

Paxton Lynch, American football player

Movies & TV71 entries

Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:

Ciao Italia
1994Movies

Ciao Italia

"Pappardelle – Wide Pasta" (Season 5, Episode 6) aired on 1994-02-12.

X-Men
1994Movies

X-Men

"Reunion - Part One" (Season 2, Episode 12) aired on 1994-02-12.

Almost Live
1994Movies

Almost Live

"Crotch Grabbing Folk Singers" (Season 10, Episode 17) aired on 1994-02-12.

Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
1994Movies

Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?

"A Higher Calling" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
ABC in Concert

"Dan Marino (host), Paul McCartney, Eleanor McEvoy" (Season 1994, Episode 5) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
Soul Train

"Xscape/ Gerald Albright" (Season 23, Episode 17) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
Cops

"Cleveland, OH #7" (Season 6, Episode 22) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
Getting By

"The Rich Guy" (Season 2, Episode 15) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
Are You Afraid of the Dark?

"The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter" (Season 3, Episode 6) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
Nurses

"Don't Hit the Road, Jack" (Season 3, Episode 16) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
The Commish

"Father Eddie" (Season 3, Episode 15) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
Sisters

"Up to His Old Tricks" (Season 4, Episode 17) aired on 1994-02-12.

1994Movies
Saturday Night Live

"Patrick Stewart / Salt-N-Pepa" (Season 19, Episode 12) aired on 1994-02-12.

1995Movies
America's Funniest Home Videos

"Valentines day; office antics" (Season 6, Episode 16) aired on 1995-02-12.

1995Movies
The Simpsons

"Homie the Clown" (Season 6, Episode 15) aired on 1995-02-12.

1995Movies
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

"The Phoenix" (Season 2, Episode 13) aired on 1995-02-12.

1995Movies
Murder, She Wrote

"Twice Dead" (Season 11, Episode 15) aired on 1995-02-12.

1995Movies
Married... with Children

"25 Years and What Do You Get?" (Season 9, Episode 17) aired on 1995-02-12.

1996Movies
Mike & Maty

"Sheryl Lee Ralph" (Season 1996, Episode 26) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
The Price is Right

"Mon, Feb 12, 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 29) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Gargoyles

"Pendragon" (Season 2, Episode 35) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Xena: Warrior Princess

"Mortal Beloved" (Season 1, Episode 16) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Little Bear

"The Rain Dance Play" (Season 1, Episode 37) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
All My Children

"Mon Feb 12 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 30) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
One Life to Live

"Mon Feb 12 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 31) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Babylon 5

"Exogenesis" (Season 3, Episode 7) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Second Noah

"Hoops and Dreams" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Star Trek: Voyager

"Dreadnought" (Season 2, Episode 17) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

"Breaking Up is Hard to Do (1)" (Season 6, Episode 14) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
The Nanny

"Love is a Many Blundered Thing" (Season 3, Episode 19) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Nature

"Alien Empire: Battlezone Metropolis" (Season 14, Episode 9) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
American Experience

"The Wright Stuff" (Season 8, Episode 8) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Biography

"Adam & Eve: Lost Innocence" (Season 1996, Episode 13) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
WCW Monday Nitro

"February 12, 1996" (Season 2, Episode 7) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
The ESPYS

"1996 ESPY Awards" (Season 1996, Episode 1) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Can't Hurry Love

"Valentine's Day Massacred" (Season 1, Episode 17) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Nowhere Man

"Shine a Light on You" (Season 1, Episode 16) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
Ned and Stacey

"Friends and Lovers" (Season 1, Episode 18) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
High Society

"I Found My Thrill on Nancy Garvey Hill" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1996-02-12.

1996Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Chris Farley, Gin Blossoms, Joe & Mary Graziano" (Season 1996, Episode 25) aired on 1996-02-12.

1997Movies
Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends

"Episode 178" (Season 1, Episode 178) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
The Price is Right

"Wed, Feb 12, 1997" (Season 1997, Episode 30) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 27" (Season 1, Episode 27) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
The Young and the Restless

"Wed Feb 12 1997" (Season 25, Episode 31) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
Days of Our Lives

"Ep. #7973" (Season 1997, Episode 66) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
All My Children

"Wed Feb 12 1997" (Season 1997, Episode 29) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
One Life to Live

"Wed Feb 12 1997" (Season 1997, Episode 31) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
Guiding Light

"Wednesday, February 12, 1997" (Season 45, Episode 59) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
The Nanny

"The Bank Robbery" (Season 4, Episode 16) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
The Sentinel

"Secret" (Season 2, Episode 15) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
NewsRadio

"Kids" (Season 3, Episode 16) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
Chicago Sons

"Infrequent Flyers" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
Star Trek: Voyager

"Unity" (Season 3, Episode 17) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
Party of Five

"Point of No Return" (Season 3, Episode 19) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
The Drew Carey Show

"Check Out Drew's Old Flame" (Season 2, Episode 16) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
NOVA

"Secrets of Lost Empires (3): Obelisk" (Season 24, Episode 15) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
Ellen

"Ellen's Deaf Comedy Jam" (Season 4, Episode 17) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
The Site

"Episode 36" (Season 1997, Episode 36) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Nancy Glass" (Season 1997, Episode 23) aired on 1997-02-12.

1997Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Richard Harris, Siskel & Ebert, Far East Circus" (Season 1997, Episode 25) aired on 1997-02-12.

1998Movies
Bear in the Big Blue House

"The Way I Feel Today" (Season 2, Episode 29) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
The Price is Right

"Thu, Feb 12, 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 31) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 275" (Season 2, Episode 28) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
All My Children

"Thurs Feb 12 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 30) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
The Bold and the Beautiful

"Ep. #2734" (Season 1998, Episode 121) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
General Hospital

"02.12.98 - Thursday" (Season 1998, Episode 30) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
One Life to Live

"Thurs Feb 12 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 35) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
Guiding Light

"Thursday February 12 1998" (Season 47, Episode 33) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
New York Undercover

"Mob Street" (Season 4, Episode 5) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Richard Lewis" (Season 1998, Episode 23) aired on 1998-02-12.

1998Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Adam Sandler, Jack Hanna" (Season 1998, Episode 24) aired on 1998-02-12.

TRL Charts10 entries

Total Request Live had teenagers calling in around the clock. Here's what was charting:

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#2 on TRL — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#3 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#4 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#5 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#7 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#8 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"

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TRL Top 10 — February 12, 1999

#10 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"

By Year

1990
3 events
NewsSports
1991
3 events
NewsSports
1992
3 events
News
1993
4 events
NewsSports
1994
18 events
NewsSportsMovies
1995
6 events
NewsMovies
1996
22 events
Movies
1997
20 events
Movies
1998
12 events
NewsMovies
1999
11 events
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