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Prafulla Chandra Sen
Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897)
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The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Mao Asada
Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
Prafulla Chandra Sen
Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897)
Calle Järnkrok
Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
Klaus Barbie
Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)
NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Massimo Luongo
Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
Brandin Cooks
Brandin Cooks, American football player
Toby Greene
Toby Greene, Australian footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Garfield and Friends
"Change of Mind" (Season 7, Episode 7) aired on 1994-09-25.
Double Dragon
"Virtual Reality Bytes" (Season 2, Episode 3) aired on 1994-09-25.
NFL on Fox
"Week 4" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-09-25.
NFL Primetime
"1994 Week 4" (Season 1994, Episode 4) aired on 1994-09-25.
"Big lizard; cats; children; aliens" (Season 6, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-25.
"Wall of Sound" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-25.
"Drew Carey, Fran Cook" (Season 1995, Episode 161) aired on 1995-09-25.
"San Francisco 49ers at Detroit Lions" (Season 1995, Episode 4) aired on 1995-09-25.
"Tony Danza, Anthony Smith, The Delaria Sisters, Doc Severinsen, David Bowie" (Season 1995, Episode 157) aired on 1995-09-25.
"Something Wick This Way Comes" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1996-09-25.
"David Cross" (Season 1996, Episode 30) aired on 1996-09-25.
"William Baldwin, Jeff Gordon, Vince Gill" (Season 1996, Episode 154) aired on 1996-09-25.
"Tom Arnold, Melissa Joan Hart, Robert Hawkin" (Season 1997, Episode 21) aired on 1997-09-25.
"Close But No Cigar / Invasion of the Doggy Snatchers" (Season 2, Episode 18) aired on 1997-09-25.
"Maureen McCormick" (Season 1997, Episode 125) aired on 1997-09-25.
"Alec Baldwin, Jonathan Lipnicki, Deana Carter" (Season 1997, Episode 153) aired on 1997-09-25.
"The Taming of Pyre (2)" (Season 1, Episode 8) aired on 1998-09-25.
"It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener" (Season 3, Episode 1) aired on 1998-09-25.
"Jon Stewart, Jean Reno, Rob Zombie" (Season 1998, Episode 152) aired on 1998-09-25.
"Episode dated 25 September 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 12) aired on 1998-09-25.
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