Highlights
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7263" (Season 1994, Episode 44) aired on 1994-04-13.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Maurice Sauvé
Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (born 1923)
Feza Gürsey
Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (born 1921)
Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1909)
Mansouri attack
Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
Bryant Bowles, American soldier and white supremacist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (born 1920)
Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (born 1914)
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Ortvin Sarapu
Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (born 1924)
Wikipedia →On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Josh Gordon
Josh Gordon, American football player
Melvin Gordon
Melvin Gordon, American football player
Darrun Hilliard
Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player
Kahraba (footballer)
Kahraba, Egyptian footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7263" (Season 1994, Episode 44) aired on 1994-04-13.
All My Children
"Wed Apr 13 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 73) aired on 1994-04-13.
The Nanny
"Ode to Barbra Joan (a.k.a. Daddy Dearest)" (Season 1, Episode 20) aired on 1994-04-13.
Thunder Alley
"Happy Endings" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-04-13.
"Dennis Franz, Melrose Place cast" (Season 1994, Episode 3) aired on 1994-04-13.
"Chevy Chase, Reba McEntire" (Season 1, Episode 32) aired on 1994-04-13.
"Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence" (Season 3, Episode 11) aired on 1994-04-13.
"Bob Costas, Penn & Teller, Jeff Ross, Béla Fleck" (Season 1995, Episode 60) aired on 1995-04-13.
"The Once and Future Duck" (Season 3, Episode 12) aired on 1996-04-13.
"Steve Forbes / Rage Against the Machine" (Season 21, Episode 17) aired on 1996-04-13.
"Roller Coasters: Search for the Ultimate Thrill" (Season 4, Episode 10) aired on 1997-04-13.
"Natasha Henstridge" (Season 1998, Episode 47) aired on 1998-04-13.
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 — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
#3 on TRL — Will Smith, "Wild Wild West"
#4 on TRL — Santana, "Smooth"
#5 on TRL — Smash Mouth, "All Star"
#6 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#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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