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Lockheed YF-22
The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
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Tampere Hall
The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
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Biker Mice from Mars
"Last Stand at Last Chance" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1994-09-29.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Washington National Cathedral
Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
Tampere Hall
The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
Jordan Schroeder
Jordan Schroeder, American ice hockey player
1991 Haitian coup d'état
A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
William H. Sebrell Jr., American nutritionist, 7th Director of the National Institutes of Health (born 1901)
Don West, American writer, poet, educator, trade union organizer and civil-rights activist (born 1906)
Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1907)
Tom Bradley, American lieutenant and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (born 1917)
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Lockheed YF-22
The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
Wikipedia →On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Biker Mice from Mars
"Last Stand at Last Chance" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1994-09-29.
Aladdin
"Scare Necessities" (Season 2, Episode 13) aired on 1994-09-29.
Friends
"The One With the Sonogram at the End" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-29.
Mad About You
"Home" (Season 3, Episode 2) aired on 1994-09-29.
"Albert Brooks, Cynthia McFadden, Liz Phair" (Season 1994, Episode 160) aired on 1994-09-29.
"Henry Winkler" (Season 1995, Episode 165) aired on 1995-09-29.
"Andrew Jackson: A Man for the People" (Season 1995, Episode 53) aired on 1995-09-29.
"Nothing But the Truth" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1995-09-29.
"Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Elliott, Trisha Yearwood" (Season 1995, Episode 161) aired on 1995-09-29.
"Family wears antlers; spinning boy" (Season 8, Episode 3) aired on 1996-09-29.
"Battleground Earth" (Season 4, Episode 2) aired on 1996-09-29.
"Double Dog Dare / Mooove It On Over" (Season 2, Episode 20) aired on 1997-09-29.
"Ivan the Terrible: Might and Madness" (Season 1997, Episode 61) aired on 1997-09-29.
"San Francisco 49ers at Carolina Panthers" (Season 1997, Episode 5) aired on 1997-09-29.
"The Real World vs. Road Rules Challenge" (Season 4, Episode 13) aired on 1997-09-29.
"Joe Lando" (Season 1997, Episode 126) aired on 1997-09-29.
"Fourth Anniversary Special" (Season 1997, Episode 155) aired on 1997-09-29.
"Ghost in the Machine" (Season 2, Episode 14) aired on 1997-09-29.
"John Waters" (Season 1998, Episode 124) aired on 1998-09-29.
"Chris Tucker, Faith Ford, Eagle Eye Cherry" (Season 1998, Episode 154) aired on 1998-09-29.
"Episode dated 29 September 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 13) aired on 1998-09-29.
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 — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#4 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#5 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#7 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#8 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
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