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Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Missing Weather Maps of Charles Lindbergh" (Season 2, Episode 38) aired on 1994-08-31.
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The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Tadeja Majerič
Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
António Félix da Costa
António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
Tyler Randell (rugby league)
Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Nat Clifton
Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)
Cédric Soares
Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
Nicolás Tagliafico
Nicolás Tagliafico, Argentine footballer
Ilnur Alshin
Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Missing Weather Maps of Charles Lindbergh" (Season 2, Episode 38) aired on 1994-08-31.
Muddling Through
"Ooh, Maybe Baby" (Season 1, Episode 8) aired on 1994-08-31.
Dead at 21
"In Through the Out Door (1)" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1994-08-31.
The Late Show with David Letterman
"Kathie Lee Gifford, Jack Hanna, Charlie Musselwhite" (Season 1994, Episode 139) aired on 1994-08-31.
"Linda Dano, Dr. Joyce Brothers" (Season 1994, Episode 101) aired on 1994-08-31.
"Janice Dickinson, Toukie Smith" (Season 1995, Episode 148) aired on 1995-08-31.
"Helga Blabs It All / Harold the Butcher" (Season 3, Episode 1) aired on 1998-08-31.
"Jean-Claude Van Damme, Darryl Strawberry, Joe Cocker" (Season 1998, Episode 133) aired on 1998-08-31.
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 — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#3 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#4 on TRL — Britney Spears, "...Baby One More Time"
#5 on TRL — *NSYNC, "I Drive Myself Crazy"
#6 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#7 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#8 on TRL — 98 Degrees, "The Hardest Thing"
#9 on TRL — Lauryn Hill, "Ex-Factor"
#10 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
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