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Estonia
Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
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The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Pixie Geldof
Pixie Geldof, English model and singer
Estonia
Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
Ryo Ishikawa
Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
Mena Massoud
Mena Massoud, Egyptian-Canadian actor
An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (born 1918)
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Sean Scannell
Sean Scannell, English footballer
Marcus Semien
Marcus Semien, American baseball player
Alfonzo McKinnie
Alfonzo McKinnie, American basketball player
José Ramírez (third baseman)
José Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
The Magic School Bus
"For Lunch" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-17.
Beethoven
"Dog Dreams" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1994-09-17.
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
"Cold Blood, Warm Hearts/The Spider and the Flies" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-17.
Batman: The Animated Series
"Second Chance" (Season 3, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-17.
"George Clinton (host), Prince, P-Funk All-Stars, A Tribe Called Quest, Sheila E., Material Issue" (Season 1994, Episode 35) aired on 1994-09-17.
"A Date with Carmen (2)" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-17.
"Backyard foibles; vacations" (Season 7, Episode 1) aired on 1995-09-17.
"... We Have a Lot to Talk About" (Season 3, Episode 1) aired on 1995-09-17.
"Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner" (Season 10, Episode 1) aired on 1995-09-17.
"Behold a Pale Planet or, What If God Was One of Us" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1996-09-17.
"Caroline and the Younger Man (1)" (Season 2, Episode 1) aired on 1996-09-17.
"Wink Martindale" (Season 1996, Episode 26) aired on 1996-09-17.
"Fran Drescher, Jesse Jackson, Travis Tritt" (Season 1996, Episode 148) aired on 1996-09-17.
"Kirk Douglas, Gabrielle Reece, James Taylor" (Season 1997, Episode 16) aired on 1997-09-17.
"Super Bowl III: When the Game Changed" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1997-09-17.
"Oozy Does It / Barnboozled" (Season 2, Episode 13) aired on 1997-09-17.
"The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" (Season 12, Episode 1) aired on 1997-09-17.
"Von Bulow: A Wealth of Evidence" (Season 6, Episode 12) aired on 1997-09-17.
"Richard Lewis" (Season 1997, Episode 120) aired on 1997-09-17.
"Ben Stiller, Famke Janssen, Junior Brown" (Season 1998, Episode 10) aired on 1998-09-17.
"The Fire Dragon of Dare" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1998-09-17.
"Vince Vaughn" (Season 1998, Episode 118) aired on 1998-09-17.
"Denis Leary, George Hamilton" (Season 1998, Episode 146) aired on 1998-09-17.
The digital revolution was just getting started:
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 — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#3 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#4 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#5 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#7 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#8 on TRL — Britney Spears, "...Baby One More Time"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — *NSYNC, "I Drive Myself Crazy"
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