Highlights
Apartheid
Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
"Brian Leetch, Chris Rock, Frank Black" (Season 1994, Episode 106) aired on 1994-06-17.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Josh Mansour
Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
Apartheid
Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
Daniel Tupou
Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
George H. W. Bush
A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. president George Bush and Russian president Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Jordan Henderson
Jordan Henderson, English footballer
Amari Cooper
Amari Cooper, American football player
Clément Lenglet
Clément Lenglet, French footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
"Brian Leetch, Chris Rock, Frank Black" (Season 1994, Episode 106) aired on 1994-06-17.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Mush Pot Hat of Johnny Appleseed" (Season 2, Episode 13) aired on 1994-06-17.
Soul Train
"Stevie Wonder/ Jody Watley/ Vertical Hold" (Season 24, Episode 31) aired on 1995-06-17.
Cops
"Best of Cops #5" (Season 7, Episode 36) aired on 1995-06-17.
"The Madman and the Showgirl" (Season 1, Episode 16) aired on 1995-06-17.
"Hatfields & McCoys: An American Feud" (Season 1996, Episode 47) aired on 1995-06-17.
"Vanessa Williams, Jonathan Silverman, Lucile Treganowan" (Season 1996, Episode 97) aired on 1996-06-17.
"David Arquette" (Season 1997, Episode 81) aired on 1997-06-17.
"Kathy Ireland, Jeremy Holz, Michael Story" (Season 1997, Episode 96) aired on 1997-06-17.
"Bob Saget" (Season 1998, Episode 79) aired on 1998-06-17.
"Ellen Barkin, Jeff Altman, Sonic Youth" (Season 1998, Episode 95) aired on 1998-06-17.
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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