Highlights
The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Mattias Tedenby
Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player
Joe Alwyn
Joe Alwyn, English actor
Nutan
Nutan, Indian actress (born 1936)
Inge Lehmann
Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (born 1888)
Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (born 1915)
Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.
Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Solar (singer)
Solar, South Korean singer, songwriter and actress
Hayley Orrantia
Hayley Orrantia, American actress and singer-songwriter
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Riyad Mahrez
Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer
Ji So-yun
Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer
Devon Travis
Devon Travis, American baseball player
Phil Jones (footballer, born 1992)
Phil Jones, English footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
All My Children
"Monday February 21 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 36) aired on 1994-02-21.
One Life to Live
"Monday February 21 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 39) aired on 1994-02-21.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
"You'd Better Shop Around" (Season 4, Episode 19) aired on 1994-02-21.
Blossom
"Beach Blanket Blossom (2)" (Season 4, Episode 20) aired on 1994-02-21.
"Sinbad, UB40, Luke Perry" (Season 1994, Episode 32) aired on 1994-02-21.
"Billy Dee Williams, Céline Dion" (Season 1995, Episode 31) aired on 1995-02-21.
"Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher Of Freedom" (Season 1995, Episode 10) aired on 1995-02-21.
"George Clooney, Kelsi Copier, Lorrie Morgan" (Season 1995, Episode 32) aired on 1995-02-21.
"Wednesday February 21 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 37) aired on 1996-02-21.
"Wednesday February 21 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 38) aired on 1996-02-21.
"Larry King, Wynonna" (Season 1996, Episode 32) aired on 1996-02-21.
"Tony Randall, Juliette Binoche, David Brenner" (Season 1997, Episode 32) aired on 1997-02-21.
"Love Potion Number Nein! / Attack of the Iguana People / Big Big Bang Theory / Teeth F" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1998-02-21.
"The Fountain of Funk / Yes, We Have No Canaries" (Season 3, Episode 8) aired on 1998-02-21.
"A Gadget Boy Christmas All Around the World (Turkish bishops, 325 AD Turkey, Italians, Italy - 500 BC & Martin Luther, 1517, Wittenberg, Germany)" (Season 2, Episode 25) aired on 1998-02-21.
"Bebe/ Old Skool with Xscape/ Ice Cube" (Season 27, Episode 19) aired on 1998-02-21.
"Arts and Crafts Bungalow: Foundation and Framing" (Season 12, Episode 8) aired on 1998-02-21.
"Standard Deviation" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1998-02-21.
"SNL Remembers Chris Farley" (Season 23, Episode ?) aired on 1998-02-21.
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