The Daily Rewind1990–1999

October 3.

A decade of moments, all landing on this one date. 102 things that happened on October 3 across the 1990s — from 1990 to 1999.

Highlights

Johan Le Bon
1990News & World

Johan Le Bon

Johan Le Bon, French cyclist

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Highlander: The Animated Series
1994Movies & TV

Highlander: The Animated Series

"Melvyn the Magnificent" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-03.

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Mike Gesicki
1995Sports

Mike Gesicki

Mike Gesicki, American football player

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News & World23 entries

The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:

East Germany
1990News

East Germany

The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day.

Johan Le Bon
1990News

Johan Le Bon

Johan Le Bon, French cyclist

Stefano Casiraghi
1990News

Stefano Casiraghi

Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (born 1960)

Eleanor Steber
1990News

Eleanor Steber

Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (born 1914)

1991News
Nadine Gordimer

Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1991News
Jenny McLoughlin

Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter

1991News
Aki Takajō

Aki Takajo, Japanese singer

1993News
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)

An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.

1993News
Katerina Gogou

Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (born 1940)

1993News
Gary Gordon

Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1960)

1993News
Randy Shughart

Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1958)

1994News
Victoria Bosio

Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player

1994News
Seth Jones

Seth Jones, American ice hockey player

1994News
Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor, American actor (born 1907)

1995News
Murder trial of O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

1995News
Ayo Edebiri

Ayo Edebiri, American actress

1995News
Artem Zub

Artem Zub, Russian ice hockey player

1995News
M. P. Sivagnanam

Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (born 1906)

1997News
Jin Boyang

Jin Boyang, Chinese figure skater

1997News
Bang Chan

Bang Chan, Australian singer and record producer based in South Korea

1997News
Michael Adekunle Ajasin

Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (born 1908)

1998News
Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (born 1928)

1999News
Akio Morita

Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (born 1921)

Sports4 entries

On the field and off it, athletes were making history:

Mike Gesicki
1995Sports

Mike Gesicki

Mike Gesicki, American football player

Jonathan Isaac
1997Sports

Jonathan Isaac

Jonathan Isaac, American basketball player

1993Sports
Raffaele Di Gennaro

Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer

1994Sports
John C. Champion

John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (born 1923)

Movies & TV75 entries

Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:

Highlander: The Animated Series
1994Movies

Highlander: The Animated Series

"Melvyn the Magnificent" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-03.

Biker Mice from Mars
1994Movies

Biker Mice from Mars

"Back to Mars (1)" (Season 2, Episode 7) aired on 1994-10-03.

VeggieTales
1994Movies

VeggieTales

"God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1994-10-03.

Reading Rainbow
1994Movies

Reading Rainbow

"Nosey Mrs. Rat" (Season 12, Episode 1) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
Mike & Maty

"Vince Gill" (Season 1994, Episode 124) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
Sweet Valley High

"What, Me Study?" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
The Brothers Grunt

"If I Could Grunt to the Animals" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
Aladdin

"Lost and Founded" (Season 2, Episode 15) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

"Grumpy Young Men" (Season 5, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
The Nanny

"Material Fran" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
Monday Night Football

"Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers" (Season 1994, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
Blossom

"A New Life (2)" (Season 5, Episode 2) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
Blue Skies

"A Hatful of Pain" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
Party of Five

"Worth Waiting For" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
Northern Exposure

"Shofar, So Good" (Season 6, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-03.

1994Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Garry Shandling, Lyle Lovett" (Season 1994, Episode 162) aired on 1994-10-03.

1995Movies
Highlander: The Animated Series

"The Eye of Heaven" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
Later with Greg Kinnear

"Sophie B. Hawkins" (Season 1995, Episode 115) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
Deadly Games

"The Camp Counselor (1)" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
Mike & Maty

"Jody Whatley" (Season 1995, Episode 171) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder

"Doc Severinson" (Season 1995, Episode 167) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
Reading Rainbow

"Martha Speaks" (Season 13, Episode 2) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
Home Improvement

"Her Cheatin' Mind" (Season 5, Episode 3) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
Hudson Street

"Here's Just Looking at You, Kid" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
Aeon Flux

"The Purge" (Season 3, Episode 9) aired on 1995-10-03.

1995Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Phil Hartman, Julianne Moore, Candlebox" (Season 1995, Episode 163) aired on 1995-10-03.

1996Movies
Later with Greg Kinnear

"Elmore Leonard" (Season 1996, Episode 97) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
The Mask

"Enquiring Masks Want to Know" (Season 2, Episode 23) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends

"Episode 84" (Season 1, Episode 84) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
The Price is Right

"Thu, Oct 3, 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 135) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
Days of Our Lives

"Ep. #7882" (Season 1996, Episode 20) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
Friends

"The One With the Jam" (Season 3, Episode 3) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
The Single Guy

"Good God" (Season 2, Episode 3) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
Forensic Files

"The Magic Bullet" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
ER

"Let the Games Begin" (Season 3, Episode 2) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Jennifer Tilly" (Season 1996, Episode 35) aired on 1996-10-03.

1996Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Julie Andrews, "Pee Wee" Scheidt, Dave Matthews Band" (Season 1996, Episode 160) aired on 1996-10-03.

1997Movies
101 Dalmatians: The Series

"Mall Pups" (Season 2, Episode 22) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
The Price is Right

"Fri, Oct 3, 1997" (Season 1997, Episode 137) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 184" (Season 1, Episode 184) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Port Charles

"Episode 91" (Season 1, Episode 91) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Guiding Light

"Friday October 3, 1997" (Season 46, Episode 68) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Sweet Valley High

"Sailing Solution (2)" (Season 4, Episode 15) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Stargate SG·1

"The Torment of Tantalus" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
The Visitor

"The Devil's Rainbow" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Boy Meets World

"Brothers" (Season 5, Episode 1) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Sabrina the Teenage Witch

"Dummy for Love" (Season 2, Episode 3) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Millennium

"Sense and Antisense" (Season 2, Episode 3) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Step by Step

"Your Cheatin' Heart" (Season 7, Episode 3) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
You Wish

"Jillions of Gillians" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Teen Angel

"Date with an Angel" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Nash Bridges

"Shake, Rattle & Roll" (Season 3, Episode 3) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Elle MacPherson, Jon Tenney, Elvis Costello & the Fairfield Four" (Season 1997, Episode 160) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Superman: The Animated Series

"Father's Day" (Season 2, Episode 15) aired on 1997-10-03.

1997Movies
Mr. Show

"Oh, You Men" (Season 3, Episode 3) aired on 1997-10-03.

1998Movies
Men in Black: The Series

"The Heads You Lose Syndrome" (Season 2, Episode 3) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

"Hold the Lyin' King Please / Suite Mystery of Wife" (Season 4, Episode 3) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Mad Jack the Pirate

"The Strange Case of Angus Dagnabbit" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Almost Live

"Fool Guesser at Fair" (Season 15, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Xena: Warrior Princess

"Adventures in the Sin Trade" (Season 4, Episode 1) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Soul Train

"Regina Belle/ Jesse Powell/ Tatyana Ali" (Season 28, Episode 3) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
This Old House

"The Watertown House - 2" (Season 20, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
The Woodwright's Shop

"Dovetailing a Cedar Box" (Season 18, Episode 1) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog

"Tyrune Returns" (Season 1, Episode 13) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
America's Funniest Home Videos

"Ten compete to win a $100,000" (Season 10, Episode 1) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Cops

"Atlanta, Georgia 4" (Season 11, Episode 4) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War

"British Secret Intelligence in WWII" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Svengoolie

"Servants of Twilight" (Season 4, Episode 17) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
The Net

"Jump Vector" (Season 1, Episode 8) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Fantasy Island

"Superfriends" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Martial Law

"Diamond Fever" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Walker, Texas Ranger

"Trackdown" (Season 7, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Cupid

"The Linguist" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
MADtv

"Episode #404" (Season 4, Episode 4) aired on 1998-10-03.

1998Movies
Saturday Night Live

"Kelsey Grammer / Sheryl Crow" (Season 24, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-03.

By Year

1990
4 events
News
1991
3 events
News
1993
5 events
NewsSports
1994
20 events
NewsSportsMovies
1995
15 events
NewsSportsMovies
1996
11 events
Movies
1997
22 events
NewsSportsMovies
1998
21 events
NewsMovies
1999
1 event
News
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