The Daily Rewind1990–1999

July 23.

A decade of moments, all landing on this one date. 50 things that happened on July 23 across the 1990s — from 1990 to 1999.

Highlights

Kenjiro Takayanagi
1990News & World

Kenjiro Takayanagi

Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (born 1899)

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Jarrod Wallace
1991Sports

Jarrod Wallace

Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1994Movies & TV

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

"Janeane Garofalo, Anthony LaPaglia, Jackopierce" (Season 1994, Episode 126) aired on 1994-07-23.

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News & World15 entries

The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:

Kevin Reynolds (figure skater)
1990News

Kevin Reynolds (figure skater)

Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater

Kenjiro Takayanagi
1990News

Kenjiro Takayanagi

Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (born 1899)

Lauren Mitchell
1991News

Lauren Mitchell

Lauren Mitchell, Australian gymnast

Catholic Church
1992News

Catholic Church

A Vatican commission, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.

1992News
Abkhazia

Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.

1993News
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119

China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119 crashes during takeoff from Yinchuan Xihuayuan Airport in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, killing 55 people.

1995News
Comet Hale–Bopp

Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.

1996News
Alexandra Andresen

Alexandra Andresen, Norwegian heiress and equestrian

1996News
David Dobrik

David Dobrik, Slovak YouTube personality

1996News
Kasperi Kapanen

Kasperi Kapanen, Finnish ice hockey player

1996News
Jean Muir (actress)

Jean Muir, American actress (born 1911)

1997News
Chūhei Nambu

Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (born 1904)

1999News
All Nippon Airways Flight 61

ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.

1999News
Space Shuttle Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

1999News
Hassan II of Morocco

Hassan II of Morocco (born 1929)

Sports3 entries

On the field and off it, athletes were making history:

Jarrod Wallace
1991Sports

Jarrod Wallace

Jarrod Wallace, Australian rugby league footballer

Danny Ings
1992Sports

Danny Ings

Danny Ings, English footballer

Deandre Ayton
1998Sports

Deandre Ayton

Deandre Ayton, Bahamian basketball player

Movies & TV21 entries

Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1994Movies

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

"Janeane Garofalo, Anthony LaPaglia, Jackopierce" (Season 1994, Episode 126) aired on 1994-07-23.

Muddling Through
1994Movies

Muddling Through

"Back by Demand" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1994-07-23.

WWE Premium Live Events
1995Movies

WWE Premium Live Events

"In Your House" (Season 1995, Episode 5) aired on 1995-07-23.

Nature
1995Movies

Nature

"New Guinea: Island Invaders" (Season 13, Episode 14) aired on 1995-07-23.

1994Movies
ABC in Concert Country

"John Michael Montgomery, Ronnie Milsap, Marty Stuart, Confederate Railroad, Sam Moore, Lisa Stewart" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-07-23.

1995Movies
Time Life's Lost Civilizations

"Rome: The Ultimate Empire" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1995-07-23.

1996Movies
Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends

"Episode 32" (Season 1, Episode 32) aired on 1996-07-23.

1996Movies
POV

"Just For The Ride" (Season 9, Episode 9) aired on 1996-07-23.

1996Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Mary Kay Place" (Season 1996, Episode 2) aired on 1996-07-23.

1997Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 137" (Season 1, Episode 137) aired on 1997-07-23.

1997Movies
Port Charles

"Episode 39" (Season 1, Episode 39) aired on 1997-07-23.

1997Movies
The Bold and the Beautiful

"Ep. #2593" (Season 1997, Episode 84) aired on 1997-07-23.

1997Movies
Guiding Light

"Wednesday, July 23, 1997" (Season 46, Episode 18) aired on 1997-07-23.

1997Movies
Pacific Palisades

"Sweet Revenge" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1997-07-23.

1997Movies
The Site

"Episode 173" (Season 1997, Episode 173) aired on 1997-07-23.

1997Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Sugar Ray Leonard" (Season 1997, Episode 97) aired on 1997-07-23.

1997Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"John Turturro, Kathy Kinney, Radish" (Season 1997, Episode 117) aired on 1997-07-23.

1998Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 387" (Season 2, Episode 140) aired on 1998-07-23.

1998Movies
General Hospital

"07.23.98 - Thursday" (Season 1998, Episode 146) aired on 1998-07-23.

1998Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Jay Mohr" (Season 1998, Episode 91) aired on 1998-07-23.

1998Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Marilu Henner, Gloria Estefan" (Season 1998, Episode 116) aired on 1998-07-23.

Tech1 entries

The digital revolution was just getting started:

Digital Equipment Corporation
1997Tech

Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.

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TRL Charts10 entries

Total Request Live had teenagers calling in around the clock. Here's what was charting:

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#2 on TRL — Santana, "Smooth"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#3 on TRL — Smash Mouth, "All Star"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#4 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#5 on TRL — Will Smith, "Wild Wild West"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#6 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#7 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#8 on TRL — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#9 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — July 23, 1999

#10 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"

By Year

1990
2 events
News
1991
2 events
NewsSports
1992
3 events
NewsSports
1993
1 event
News
1994
3 events
Movies
1995
4 events
NewsMovies
1996
7 events
NewsMovies
1997
10 events
NewsTechMovies
1998
5 events
SportsMovies
1999
13 events
NewsTRL
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