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Matteo Guidicelli
Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer
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The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Choi Woo-shik
Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
Matteo Guidicelli
Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, model, singer and former kart racer
Xiumin
Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
Halston
Halston, American fashion designer (born 1932)
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
Singapore Airlines Flight 117 is hijacked by four Pakistani terrorists and diverted to Changi Airport.
Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (born 1914)
David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (born 1912)
Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Louis Falco
Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (born 1942)
Eazy-E
Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (born 1964)
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Patrick Ekeng
Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (died 2016)
Matt Davidson (baseball)
Matt Davidson, American baseball player
Ryan Arcidiacono
Ryan Arcidiacono, American basketball player
Jed Wallace
Jed Wallace, English footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Soul Train
"Kid N'Play/ Damion Hall" (Season 23, Episode 23) aired on 1994-03-26.
Cops
"Sacramento, CA #7" (Season 6, Episode 31) aired on 1994-03-26.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
"The First Circle" (Season 2, Episode 20) aired on 1994-03-26.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
"The Tale of the Dream Girl" (Season 3, Episode 10) aired on 1994-03-26.
"Vacation woes; dog trails horse" (Season 6, Episode 21) aired on 1995-03-26.
"Tempus Fugitive" (Season 2, Episode 18) aired on 1995-03-26.
"And Bingo Was Her Game-O" (Season 9, Episode 21) aired on 1995-03-26.
"Alexandra Wentworth (guest host), Joel Schumacher" (Season 1996, Episode 31) aired on 1996-03-26.
"The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1996-03-26.
"Phil Hartman, Rose Hamburger, The Band" (Season 1996, Episode 48) aired on 1996-03-26.
"Wednesday March 26 1997" (Season 25, Episode 62) aired on 1997-03-26.
"the cast of 'Viva Variety'" (Season 1997, Episode 42) aired on 1997-03-26.
"Marv Albert, Anthony LaPaglia, Big Head Todd & the Monsters" (Season 1997, Episode 47) aired on 1997-03-26.
"Snoring snorkeler; dog snoozes in tub" (Season 9, Episode 14) aired on 1998-03-26.
"Vivica A. Fox" (Season 1998, Episode 42) aired on 1998-03-26.
"Dolly Parton, Bob Hoskins" (Season 1998, Episode 46) aired on 1998-03-26.
The digital revolution was just getting started:
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 — Smash Mouth, "All Star"
#3 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#4 on TRL — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
#5 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#6 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#7 on TRL — Will Smith, "Wild Wild West"
#8 on TRL — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#9 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
#10 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
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