Highlights
The Late Show with David Letterman
"Jeremy Irons, Chris Rock, Hakeem Olajuwon" (Season 1994, Episode 93) aired on 1994-06-13.
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Uphaar Cinema fire
The Uphaar Cinema Fire took place at Green Park, Delhi, resulting in the deaths of 59 people and seriously injured 103 others.
Wikipedia →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor
Will Claye
Will Claye, American jumper
Kang Si-ra
Kang Si-ra, South Korean singer
Semi Radradra
Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player
First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
Garuda Indonesia flight 865 crashes during takeoff from Fukuoka Airport, killing three people and injuring 170.
A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
James McCann (baseball)
James McCann, American baseball player
Ryan Mason
Ryan Mason, English footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
The Late Show with David Letterman
"Jeremy Irons, Chris Rock, Hakeem Olajuwon" (Season 1994, Episode 93) aired on 1994-06-13.
Something Wilder
"Dr. Roof" (Season 1, Episode 15) aired on 1995-06-13.
Frontline
"Currents of Fear" (Season 1995, Episode 14) aired on 1995-06-13.
POV
"No Place Like Home" (Season 8, Episode 3) aired on 1995-06-13.
"Rosie O'Donnell (guest host), Janeane Garofalo" (Season 1995, Episode 67) aired on 1995-06-13.
"Anthony Quinn, Robert Conrad, Dennis Rodman, Stephen Stills" (Season 1995, Episode 98) aired on 1995-06-13.
"Jeff Ross (guest host), Milton Berle" (Season 1996, Episode 75) aired on 1996-06-13.
"Danny Glover, Bobby Maley, Joey Kola" (Season 1996, Episode 95) aired on 1996-06-13.
"John Travolta, Grant Hill, Sinead O'Connor" (Season 1997, Episode 94) aired on 1997-06-13.
"SNL Remembers Phil Hartman" (Season 23, Episode ?) aired on 1998-06-13.
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