Highlights
Brazil national football team
Brazil win their fourth World Cup title, defeating Italy 3–2 on penalties.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
Billie Lourd
Billie Lourd, American actress
Jean Borotra
Jean Borotra, French tennis player (born 1898)
Paul Tiulana
Paul Tiulana, Iñupiat artist and dancer (born 1921)
TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing the permanent international court in The Hague, to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Kali Uchis
Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter
Wonwoo
Wonwoo, South Korean rapper and singer
Husein Sastranegara Airport
After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Brazil national football team
Brazil win their fourth World Cup title, defeating Italy 3–2 on penalties.
OG Anunoby
OG Anunoby, British basketball player
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Biography
"To John with Love: A Tribute to John Candy" (Season 1995, Episode 39) aired on 1995-07-17.
The Late Show with David Letterman
"Matthew Perry, Alicia Silverstone, Cyndi Lauper" (Season 1995, Episode 117) aired on 1995-07-17.
Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends
"Episode 28" (Season 1, Episode 28) aired on 1996-07-17.
The Sentinel
"Vow of Silence" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1996-07-17.
"Michael J. Fox, Shelly Moquin, Travis Tritt & Marty Stuart" (Season 1996, Episode 119) aired on 1996-07-17.
"The Bert Fershners" (Season 1997, Episode 95) aired on 1997-07-17.
"Nathan Lane, Robey Morgan, Third Eye Blind" (Season 1997, Episode 113) aired on 1997-07-17.
"Merry-Go-Round; Red-Eyed Creature; Used Car Salesman; Surveillance Camera; Graffiti" (Season 2, Episode 12) aired on 1998-07-17.
"Gabriel Byrne, John Witherspoon, Tricky & P.J. Harvey" (Season 1998, Episode 112) aired on 1998-07-17.
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