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Jurriaan Schrofer
Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer and educator (born 1926)
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Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe the Ox" (Season 2, Episode 17) aired on 1994-07-01.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
German reunification
German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
Jurriaan Schrofer
Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer and educator (born 1926)
Cold War
Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
Michael Landon
Michael Landon, American actor, director and producer (born 1936)
William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (born 1904)
China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-94, a re-flight of the prematurely-ended STS-83 mission with the same crew.
The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
Forrest Mars Sr., American businessman, creator of M&M's and the Mars chocolate bar (born 1904)
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Taeyong
Taeyong, South Korea rapper
Chloe Bailey
Chloe Bailey, American singer-songwriter and actress
Susan Bandecchi
Susan Bandecchi, Swiss tennis player
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Lucas Vázquez
Lucas Vázquez, Spanish footballer
Michael Wacha
Michael Wacha, American baseball player
Aaron Sanchez (baseball)
Aaron Sanchez, American baseball player
Boli Bolingoli
Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo, Belgian footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Enormous Iron Nose Ring of Babe the Ox" (Season 2, Episode 17) aired on 1994-07-01.
The Late Show with David Letterman
"Connie Chung, Phil Collins" (Season 1994, Episode 106) aired on 1994-07-01.
Cops
"Best of Cops #7" (Season 7, Episode 38) aired on 1995-07-01.
Real Sex
"Real Sex 12" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1995-07-01.
"Jonathan Winters, Christopher Burke, Deidre Hall" (Season 1994, Episode 59) aired on 1994-07-01.
"Harry Connick, Jr., Josie Bisset" (Season 1996, Episode 107) aired on 1996-07-01.
"Jason Priestley, Patricia Richardson, The Cicadas" (Season 1997, Episode 106) aired on 1997-07-01.
"Dead Woman Walking: The Karla Faye Tucker Story" (Season 7, Episode 8) aired on 1998-07-01.
"Joy Behar" (Season 1998, Episode 87) aired on 1998-07-01.
"Tom Brokaw, Steve Zahn, The Hummingbirds with Stevie Wonder & Paul Simon" (Season 1998, Episode 105) aired on 1998-07-01.
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 — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#4 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#5 on TRL — Santana, "Smooth"
#6 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#7 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#8 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
#9 on TRL — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
#10 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
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