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Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
"Victoria Jackson, Bill Tonelli, Eleven" (Season 1994, Episode 101) aired on 1994-06-10.
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George Hees
George Hees, Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910)
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British Airways Flight 5390
British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
Alexa Knierim
Alexa Scimeca Knierim, American figure skater
Jean Bruller
Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (born 1902)
China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.
Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
George Hees
George Hees, Canadian soldier, football player, and politician (born 1910)
Cheung Ka Long
Cheung Ka-long, Hong Kong foil fencer, 2020 Olympic champion
Jim Hearn
Jim Hearn, American baseball player (born 1921)
Rafael Leão
Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
"Victoria Jackson, Bill Tonelli, Eleven" (Season 1994, Episode 101) aired on 1994-06-10.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Lost Love Letter of Captain John Smith" (Season 2, Episode 11) aired on 1994-06-10.
The Late Show with David Letterman
"David Brenner, Johnny Cash, Keanu Reeves" (Season 1994, Episode 92) aired on 1994-06-10.
Soul Train
"Naughty By Nature/ Brian McKnight/ E-40" (Season 24, Episode 30) aired on 1995-06-10.
"1995 MTV Movie Awards" (Season 1995, Episode 1) aired on 1995-06-10.
"The One with the Friends' Theme" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1996-06-10.
"Siskel & Ebert, Andrew Shue, Dana Gould" (Season 1996, Episode 92) aired on 1996-06-10.
"1997 MTV Movie Awards" (Season 1997, Episode 1) aired on 1997-06-10.
"Reginald Vel Johnson" (Season 1997, Episode 77) aired on 1997-06-10.
"Isabella Rossellini, Dave Chapelle, Bono & Larry Mullen" (Season 1997, Episode 91) aired on 1997-06-10.
"The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1998-06-10.
"Norm Macdonald" (Season 1998, Episode 76) aired on 1998-06-10.
"Bob Newhart, Nicole Sullivan, Wendy Liebman" (Season 1998, Episode 90) aired on 1998-06-10.
"Episode dated 10 June 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 9) aired on 1998-06-10.
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 — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#4 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#5 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#7 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#8 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
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