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Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7260" (Season 1994, Episode 41) aired on 1994-04-08.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
New Democracy (Greece)
The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis is elected in the Greek parliamentary election.
Jonghyun
Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (died 2017)
Ryan White
Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (born 1971)
Dead (musician)
Per Ohlin, Swedish musician (born 1969)
Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)
Lavinia Valbonesi, Ecuadorian nutritionist, businesswoman and First Lady of Ecuador
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Forrest Frank
Forrest Frank, American singer-songwriter
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1947)
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Jeff McNeil
Jeff McNeil, American baseball player
Cedi Osman
Cedi Osman, Turkish professional basketball player
Roquan Smith
Roquan Smith, American football player
Arno Verschueren
Arno Verschueren, Belgian footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7260" (Season 1994, Episode 41) aired on 1994-04-08.
All My Children
"Friday April 8 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 70) aired on 1994-04-08.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Silver Saddle Horn of Hannibal" (Season 1, Episode 31) aired on 1994-04-08.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
"Wild Card" (Season 1, Episode 23) aired on 1994-04-08.
"Tom Brokaw, Blind Melon, Julie Brown" (Season 1994, Episode 57) aired on 1994-04-08.
"Vanessa Marcil (host), Chante Moore, Brandy, The Whispers, Jesse" (Season 1995, Episode 13) aired on 1995-04-08.
"Permanence of Change" (Season 3, Episode 23) aired on 1995-04-08.
"Damon Wayans / Dionne Farris" (Season 20, Episode 17) aired on 1995-04-08.
"Robert Duvall, Amy Brenneman, Tori Amos" (Season 1996, Episode 57) aired on 1996-04-08.
"Tuesday April 08 1997" (Season 25, Episode 71) aired on 1997-04-08.
"Something About Carly on a Hot Tar Roof" (Season 1, Episode 20) aired on 1997-04-08.
"Caroline and the New Neighbor" (Season 2, Episode 20) aired on 1997-04-08.
"Milton Berle" (Season 1997, Episode 45) aired on 1997-04-08.
"Norm Macdonald, Justine Bateman, Trace Adkins" (Season 1997, Episode 56) aired on 1997-04-08.
"Matt LeBlanc, Christina Applegate, Semisonic" (Season 1998, Episode 1) aired on 1998-04-08.
"Two Guys, a Girl and an Apartment" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1998-04-08.
"James Belushi, Lacey Chabert, Robbie Robertson" (Season 1998, Episode 55) aired on 1998-04-08.
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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