Highlights
The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Cold War
Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
Carlota Ciganda
Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer
Zazie Beetz
Zazie Beetz, German-American actress
Tyrone Roberts
Tyrone Roberts, Australian rugby league player
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (born 1913)
American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (born 1910)
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Miller Bolaños
Miller Bolaños, Ecuadoran footballer
Edvinas Gertmonas
Edvinas Gertmonas, Lithuanian footballer
Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
The Critic
"Every Doris Has Her Day" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-06-01.
This Old House
"The Acton House - 16" (Season 16, Episode 16) aired on 1994-06-01.
California's Gold
"California Flowers" (Season 5, Episode 6) aired on 1994-06-01.
Dinosaurs
"Monster Under the Bed" (Season 4, Episode 1) aired on 1994-06-01.
"John Grisham" (Season 1, Episode 35) aired on 1994-06-01.
"Fighting Words: The First Amendment" (Season 3, Episode 14) aired on 1994-06-01.
"¡Palante Siempre Palante!: The Young Lords" (Season 9, Episode 2) aired on 1996-06-01.
"The Viewing, The Subway, Kid in the Closet, Justice is Served & The Tractor" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1997-06-01.
"Bobcat Goldthwait" (Season 1998, Episode 70) aired on 1998-06-01.
"John Goodman, Esther Canadas, Sarah McLachlan" (Season 1998, Episode 83) aired on 1998-06-01.
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 — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#3 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#4 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#5 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#7 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#8 on TRL — Britney Spears, "...Baby One More Time"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — *NSYNC, "I Drive Myself Crazy"
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