Highlights
Rugrats
"Cradle Attraction / Moving Away" (Season 3, Episode 25) aired on 1994-05-22.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Yemen Arab Republic
North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
Wyatt Roy
Wyatt Roy, Australian politician
Rocky Graziano
Rocky Graziano, American boxer (born 1922)
Suho
Suho, South Korean singer and actor
Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1892)
A worldwide trade embargo against Haiti goes into effect to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.
Alfred Hershey, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
A U.S. federal judge rules that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Joel Obi
Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer
Stan Mortensen
Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (born 1921)
Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Markkanen, Finnish basketball player
Samuel Chukwueze
Samuel Chukwueze, Nigerian footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Rugrats
"Cradle Attraction / Moving Away" (Season 3, Episode 25) aired on 1994-05-22.
America's Funniest Home Videos
"Five finalists vie for the grand prize" (Season 5, Episode 22) aired on 1994-05-22.
Murder, She Wrote
"Wheel of Death" (Season 10, Episode 21) aired on 1994-05-22.
Married... with Children
"Kelly Knows Something" (Season 8, Episode 26) aired on 1994-05-22.
"Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective" (Season 1995, Episode 25) aired on 1995-05-22.
"The Laverne & Shirley Reunion" (Season 8, Episode ?) aired on 1995-05-22.
"Drew Barrymore, Martin Mull, Better Than Ezra" (Season 1995, Episode 87) aired on 1995-05-22.
"23rd Daytime Emmy Awards" (Season 1996, Episode 1) aired on 1996-05-22.
"Stupid Human Tricks, Brett Butler, Al Green" (Season 1996, Episode 84) aired on 1996-05-22.
"Kevin Nealon, Tim Russert, Anka Radakovich" (Season 1997, Episode 6) aired on 1997-05-22.
"Kenny Anderson" (Season 1997, Episode 71) aired on 1997-05-22.
"Matthew Broderick, Nicole Sullivan, Savion Glover & Stomp" (Season 1997, Episode 83) aired on 1997-05-22.
"Harry Connick, Jr., Hank Azaria" (Season 1998, Episode 82) aired on 1998-05-22.
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