Highlights
The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Jonny Lomax
Jonny Lomax, English rugby player
Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (born 1898)
Turan Dursun
Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (born 1934)
Adrien Bart
Adrien Bart, French sprint canoeist
Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (born 1950)
Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (born 1931)
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
James Bay (singer)
James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Danny Worsnop
Danny Worsnop, English singer-songwriter
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1913)
Dottie West
Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1932)
The 1995 Okinawa rape occurred, when 3 US servicemen abducted and raped a schoolchild. This would cause widespread protest against the US military presence on the prefecture.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Emma Brownlie
Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer
Yannick Carrasco
Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer
Kenny McEvoy
Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Animated Stories from the Bible
"Elisha: Man of God" (Season 1, Episode 20) aired on 1994-09-04.
FOX NFL Sunday
"Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1994-09-04.
NFL on Fox
"Week 1" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-04.
NFL Primetime
"1994 Week 1" (Season 1994, Episode 1) aired on 1994-09-04.
"David and Goliath" (Season 1, Episode 22) aired on 1995-09-04.
"Shirley Jones, Marty Ingels, Julie Newmar, Charo" (Season 1995, Episode 150) aired on 1995-09-04.
"Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Pilot)" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1995-09-04.
"New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys" (Season 1995, Episode 1) aired on 1995-09-04.
"Dean Martin: Everybody Loves Somebody" (Season 1995, Episode 44) aired on 1995-09-04.
"Kevin Spacey, Jeff Foxworthy, Collective Soul" (Season 1995, Episode 142) aired on 1995-09-04.
"Bread from Heaven" (Season 1, Episode 26) aired on 1996-09-04.
"MTV 13th Annual Video Music Awards" (Season 1996, Episode 1) aired on 1996-09-04.
"Whoopi Goldberg, Al Franken, Colonel Ron Severson" (Season 1996, Episode 139) aired on 1996-09-04.
"The Greatest is the Least" (Season 1, Episode 27) aired on 1997-09-04.
"Leisure Lawsuit / Purred It Through the Grapevine" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1997-09-04.
"MTV 14th Annual Video Music Awards" (Season 1997, Episode 1) aired on 1997-09-04.
"Christopher McDonald" (Season 1997, Episode 113) aired on 1997-09-04.
"Geena Davis, Martha Stewart, Robert Carlyle" (Season 1997, Episode 143) aired on 1997-09-04.
"Stupid Human Tricks, Jason Patric, Eve 6" (Season 1998, Episode 137) aired on 1998-09-04.
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