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Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing, Chinese revolutionary, actress, and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1914)
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"Women Trying on Bathing Suits" (Season 10, Episode 25) aired on 1994-05-14.
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Aladár Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (born 1910)
Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing, Chinese revolutionary, actress, and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1914)
Nie Rongzhen
Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (born 1899)
Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (born 1908)
W. Graham Claytor Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1914)
Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (born 1890)
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Kyle Freeland
Kyle Freeland, American baseball player
Marquinhos
Marquinhos, Brazilian footballer
Cihat Arman
Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1915)
Rose Lavelle
Rose Lavelle, American soccer player
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Almost Live
"Women Trying on Bathing Suits" (Season 10, Episode 25) aired on 1994-05-14.
Soul Train
"Angela Winbush/ Glenn Jones" (Season 23, Episode 26) aired on 1994-05-14.
Cops
"Los Angeles, CA #14" (Season 7, Episode 1) aired on 1994-05-14.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
"The Man in the Moon" (Season 2, Episode 25) aired on 1994-05-14.
"Heather Locklear / Janet Jackson" (Season 19, Episode 20) aired on 1994-05-14.
"Whine, Whine, Whine" (Season 2, Episode 21) aired on 1995-05-14.
"The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise" (Season 6, Episode ?) aired on 1995-05-14.
"Jon Stewart, Kirstin Dunst, Dog's Eye View" (Season 1996, Episode 78) aired on 1996-05-14.
"Spirits of the Jaguar: The World of Aztecs" (Season 15, Episode 14) aired on 1997-05-14.
"Tisha Campbell" (Season 1997, Episode 66) aired on 1997-05-14.
"David Hyde Pierce, Dana Delany, Spice Girls" (Season 1997, Episode 77) aired on 1997-05-14.
"A Hand Up is Never a Handout (2)" (Season 2, Episode 23) aired on 1998-05-14.
"Jim Breuer, Tara Lipinski, Foo Fighters" (Season 1998, Episode 76) aired on 1998-05-14.
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 — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#3 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#4 on TRL — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#5 on TRL — Britney Spears, "...Baby One More Time"
#6 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#7 on TRL — *NSYNC, "I Drive Myself Crazy"
#8 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#9 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#10 on TRL — 98 Degrees, "The Hardest Thing"
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