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Norbert Elias
Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (born 1897)
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Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Very Tall Turban of Ahmed Baba" (Season 2, Episode 27) aired on 1994-08-01.
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Aeroflot Flight E-35D
A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.
Norbert Elias
Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (born 1897)
Mrunal Thakur
Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress
Great Flood of 1993
The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, was officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe, Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Aledmys Díaz
Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player
Piotr Malarczyk
Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer
Austin Rivers
Austin Rivers, American basketball player
Álex Abrines
Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Very Tall Turban of Ahmed Baba" (Season 2, Episode 27) aired on 1994-08-01.
California's Gold
"Santa Barbara Island" (Season 5, Episode 8) aired on 1994-08-01.
Biography
"Davy Crockett: American Frontier Legend" (Season 1994, Episode 7) aired on 1994-08-01.
The Late Show with David Letterman
"Damon Wayans, Kenny Rogers (baseball player), Jon Secada" (Season 1994, Episode 122) aired on 1994-08-01.
"Kevin Pollak, Robert Bonner" (Season 1995, Episode 132) aired on 1995-08-01.
"Rosie O'Donnell, Jimmy Buffett" (Season 1995, Episode 128) aired on 1995-08-01.
"Episode 8" (Season 1996, Episode 8) aired on 1996-08-01.
"Tony Danza, Michael Rapaport" (Season 1997, Episode 124) aired on 1997-08-01.
"Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas 27" (Season 10, Episode 36) aired on 1998-08-01.
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