Highlights
The Critic
"A Little Deb Will Do You" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-02-23.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Kevin Connauton
Kevin Connauton, Canadian ice hockey player
Marco Scandella
Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
José Napoleón Duarte
José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (born 1925)
Thailand
In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Casemiro
Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
Andrew Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
D'Angelo Russell
D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
The Critic
"A Little Deb Will Do You" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-02-23.
All My Children
"Wednesday February 23 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 38) aired on 1994-02-23.
One Life to Live
"Wednesday February 23 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 41) aired on 1994-02-23.
Bonkers
"Stressed to Kill" (Season 3, Episode 23) aired on 1994-02-23.
"juvenile boot camps in Florida" (Season 1, Episode 25) aired on 1994-02-23.
"Stupid Human Tricks, Wynonna Judd, Laurence Fishburne" (Season 1994, Episode 34) aired on 1994-02-23.
"Thursday February 23 1995" (Season 1995, Episode 42) aired on 1995-02-23.
"Thursday February 23 1995" (Season 1995, Episode 39) aired on 1995-02-23.
"Rosie O'Donnell, Michael McKean, David Byrne" (Season 1995, Episode 34) aired on 1995-02-23.
"Kid Inventors, Sherry Stringfield, Don Henley" (Season 1996, Episode 34) aired on 1996-02-23.
"Finalists vie for $100,000" (Season 8, Episode 20) aired on 1997-02-23.
"Dominique Dunne: An American Tragedy" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1997-02-23.
"Dog Food Day Afternoon / Spot's Fairy God-Chicken" (Season 2, Episode 49) aired on 1998-02-23.
"Jackie Collins" (Season 1998, Episode 27) aired on 1998-02-23.
"Jeff Bridges, Nikki Stone, John Fogerty" (Season 1998, Episode 31) aired on 1998-02-23.
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 — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#3 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#4 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#5 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#7 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#8 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
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