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Happy Chandler
Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (born 1898)
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The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Mount Pinatubo
In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
Happy Chandler
Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (born 1898)
W. Arthur Lewis
Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
Supreme Court of the United States
The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1917)
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (born 1911)
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
Cooper Kupp
Cooper Kupp, American football player
Irfan Hadžić
Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
Iñaki Williams
Iñaki Williams, Basque-Ghanaian footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
"Billy Dee Williams, Caleb Carr, Mike Sweeney" (Season 1994, Episode 104) aired on 1994-06-15.
This Old House
"The Acton House - 17" (Season 16, Episode 17) aired on 1994-06-15.
Good Advice
"Roll Out the Barrel" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1994-06-15.
American Justice
"Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God" (Season 3, Episode 15) aired on 1994-06-15.
"Mark Messier, Brian Leetch, and Mike Richter of the 1994 Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers, Katie Couric, John Hiatt" (Season 1994, Episode 95) aired on 1994-06-15.
"Rosie O'Donnell (guest host), Cathy Moriarty" (Season 1995, Episode 69) aired on 1995-06-15.
"Bill Cosby, Robert Horry" (Season 1995, Episode 100) aired on 1995-06-15.
"The Fugees, Lenny Kravitz, Toni Braxton, Mint Condition" (Season 1996, Episode 24) aired on 1996-06-15.
"E-Mail, Cup of Joe, Secret of the Family Tomb, Wheezer & The Unknown Patient" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1997-06-15.
"Naomi Campbell, Luke Buchheit, Sinead O'Connor" (Season 1998, Episode 93) aired on 1998-06-15.
The digital revolution was just getting started:
Dafne Schippers
Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
John Vincent Atanasoff
John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (born 1903)
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 — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#3 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#4 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#5 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#7 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#8 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
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