Highlights
Dennis Miller Live
"Where America is Heading" (Season 2, Episode 21) aired on 1995-06-02.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak
The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
Rex Harrison
Rex Harrison, English actor (born 1908)
Philip Dunne (writer)
Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)
Tahar Djaout
Tahar Djaout, Algerian journalist, writer and poet (born 1954)
In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-91, the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Morissette (singer)
Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter
John Alton
John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (born 1901)
Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (born 1905)
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Dane Rampe
Dane Rampe, Australian rules footballer
Pajtim Kasami
Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
Adam Taggart
Adam Taggart, Australian footballer
Johnny Mize
Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1913)
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Dennis Miller Live
"Where America is Heading" (Season 2, Episode 21) aired on 1995-06-02.
Big Bag
"Let's Work Together" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1996-06-02.
Space: Above and Beyond
"...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best (2)" (Season 1, Episode 23) aired on 1996-06-02.
Tony Awards
"The 50th Annual Tony Awards" (Season 1996, Episode 1) aired on 1996-06-02.
"Woddy Harrelson, Keifer Sutherland, Ernie Hudson, Richard Karn" (Season 1994, Episode 39) aired on 1994-06-02.
"Vietnam: A Television History: LBJ Goes to War" (Season 9, Episode 15) aired on 1997-06-02.
"Kim Coles" (Season 1997, Episode 72) aired on 1997-06-02.
"Elle MacPherson, Vince Vaughn, Jewel" (Season 1997, Episode 85) aired on 1997-06-02.
"Eric Stoltz" (Season 1998, Episode 71) aired on 1998-06-02.
"Norm Macdonald, Jacques Villeneuve, Randy Travis" (Season 1998, Episode 84) aired on 1998-06-02.
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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