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El Al Flight 1862
El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
Read more →From politics to pop culture — the 90s news cycle never slept:
Sergey Shubenkov
Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler
El Al Flight 1862
El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
Denny Hulme
Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (born 1936)
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina.
Whether you were a Blockbuster music shopper or a MTV devotee, these names mattered:
Saki (musician)
Saki, Japanese guitarist and songwriter
Leigh-Anne Pinnock
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer and songwriter
Mikolas Josef
Mikolas Josef, Czech singer and songwriter
The 90s produced legends. Here's who was in the spotlight:
Signy Aarna
Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer
Mike Williams (wide receiver, born 1994)
Mike Williams, American football player
Kenny Clark (defensive tackle)
Kenny Clark, American football player
Before streaming, before binge watching — these titles had us glued to the set:
Biker Mice from Mars
"Back to Mars (2)" (Season 2, Episode 8) aired on 1994-10-04.
Firing Line
"Mini-Series on Crime, Part III: Do We Need Prisons at All" (Season 29, Episode 29) aired on 1994-10-04.
Reading Rainbow
"Borreguita and the Coyote" (Season 12, Episode 2) aired on 1994-10-04.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Priceless Portrait of the Polynesian Girl" (Season 2, Episode 39) aired on 1994-10-04.
"Bonnie Hunt, Mickey Rourke, Gary Suzuki & Soarin' Sam" (Season 1994, Episode 163) aired on 1994-10-04.
"Stephen J. Cannell" (Season 1995, Episode 116) aired on 1995-10-04.
"Jeff Greenfield" (Season 1995, Episode 168) aired on 1995-10-04.
"The 29th Annual CMA Awards" (Season 1995, Episode 1) aired on 1995-10-04.
"Chazz Palminteri, Nancy Travis, Brian Regan, Herbie Hancock" (Season 1995, Episode 164) aired on 1995-10-04.
"Friendship" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1996-10-04.
"I Ain't Gonna Spray Lettuce No More" (Season 4, Episode 3) aired on 1996-10-04.
"Wayne Gretzky, Jonathan Silverman, Tori Amos" (Season 1996, Episode 161) aired on 1996-10-04.
"Howl Noon / Easy on the Lies" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1997-10-04.
"Angelica's Last Stand / Clan of the Duck" (Season 4, Episode 10) aired on 1997-10-04.
"Goes on Air (Air Pressure)" (Season 4, Episode 4) aired on 1997-10-04.
"An Ice Age Runs Through It (Somewhere in 70,000,000 BC)" (Season 2, Episode 5) aired on 1997-10-04.
"Make Your Shaving Horse" (Season 17, Episode 1) aired on 1997-10-04.
"Wild at Woodland" (Season 5, Episode 2) aired on 1997-10-04.
"Sabrina Goes to Rome" (Season 43, Episode 2) aired on 1998-10-04.
"Jeanne Carmen: Queen of the B-Movies" (Season 2, Episode 26) aired on 1998-10-04.
"Sabrina Goes to Rome" (Season 3, Episode ?) aired on 1998-10-04.
Silicon Valley was young, the dot-com boom was brewing, and tech was about to change everything:
Gunpei Yokoi
Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created the Game Boy (born 1941)
Wikipedia →The MTV countdown was everything. These videos owned TRL:
The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999
#2 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#3 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#4 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#5 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#7 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"
#8 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
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