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Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7258" (Season 1994, Episode 39) aired on 1994-04-06.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Lachlan Coote
Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player
Charlie McDermott
Charlie McDermott, American actor
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War begins.
Ken (South Korean singer)
Ken, South Korean singer
The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (born 1937)
Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (born 1955)
Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (born 1912)
Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Mingyu
Mingyu, South Korean singer and rapper
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
Red Norvo
Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (born 1908)
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Julie Ertz
Julie Ertz, American soccer player
Al-Musrati
Al-Musrati, Libyan footballer
Nicolás González (footballer, born 1998)
Nicolás González, Argentine footballer
Nahuel Molina
Nahuel Molina, Argentine footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7258" (Season 1994, Episode 39) aired on 1994-04-06.
All My Children
"Wednesday April 6 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 68) aired on 1994-04-06.
Home Improvement
"Fifth Anniversary" (Season 3, Episode 21) aired on 1994-04-06.
The Nanny
"The Gym Teacher" (Season 1, Episode 19) aired on 1994-04-06.
"America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference" (Season 6, Episode 8) aired on 1994-04-06.
"Yoko Ono, Singapore caning, hero cop" (Season 1, Episode 31) aired on 1994-04-06.
"Andie MacDowell, Rich Hall, Matt Kramer" (Season 1994, Episode 55) aired on 1994-04-06.
"Notes for My Daughter" (Season 23, Episode 4) aired on 1995-04-06.
"Richard Lewis, Minnie Driver, Soul Asylum" (Season 1995, Episode 55) aired on 1995-04-06.
"Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Prince, Incognito" (Season 1996, Episode 14) aired on 1996-04-06.
"Friends of a Feather" (Season 3, Episode 23) aired on 1996-04-06.
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Funicular" (Season 2, Episode 19) aired on 1996-04-06.
"From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians" (Season 1998, Episode 4) aired on 1998-04-06.
"Matt LeBlanc, Natasha Henstridge, The Lynns" (Season 1998, Episode 53) aired on 1998-04-06.
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 — Santana, "Smooth"
#3 on TRL — Smash Mouth, "All Star"
#4 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#5 on TRL — Will Smith, "Wild Wild West"
#6 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#7 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#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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