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Reading Rainbow
"Once There Was a Tree" (Season 12, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-06.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions.
Scarlett Byrne
Scarlett Byrne, English actress
Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)
Marcus Johansson, Swedish ice hockey player
Nazem Kadri
Nazem Kadri, Canadian ice hockey player
Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (born 1913)
The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:
Igor Talkov
Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (born 1956)
Joohoney
Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Kevin Diks
Kevin Diks, Indonesian footballer
Kasper Dolberg
Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
Johnny Vander Meer
Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (born 1914)
Mark Belanger
Mark Belanger, American baseball player (born 1944)
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Reading Rainbow
"Once There Was a Tree" (Season 12, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-06.
Aladdin
"Rain of Terror" (Season 2, Episode 18) aired on 1994-10-06.
Friends
"The One With the Thumb" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-06.
Mad About You
"Till Death Do Us Part" (Season 3, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-06.
"All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Mad Boy" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-06.
"Dan Rather, Mary Chapin Carpenter" (Season 1994, Episode 165) aired on 1994-10-06.
"Howie Long, T. Coraghessan Boyle" (Season 1995, Episode 170) aired on 1995-10-06.
"Helen Hunt, Blues Traveler" (Season 1995, Episode 166) aired on 1995-10-06.
"Pool fun; dancer gets diploma" (Season 8, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-06.
"Big Angry Virgin from Outer Space" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-06.
"Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding" (Season 4, Episode 3) aired on 1996-10-06.
"T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt: The Long Campaign" (Season 9, Episode 1) aired on 1996-10-06.
"The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa" (Season 5, Episode 21) aired on 1996-10-06.
"Shrewzle Watch / The Life You Save" (Season 2, Episode 23) aired on 1997-10-06.
"Truman: The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets" (Season 10, Episode 2) aired on 1997-10-06.
"New England Patriots at Denver Broncos" (Season 1997, Episode 6) aired on 1997-10-06.
"Why Can't Even a Couple of Us Get Along?" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1997-10-06.
"Alan Ruck" (Season 1997, Episode 130) aired on 1997-10-06.
"Dan Aykroyd, Jack Hanna, Boyz II Men" (Season 1997, Episode 161) aired on 1997-10-06.
"We'll Always Have Paris" (Season 1, Episode 19) aired on 1998-10-06.
"Aideen and the Stone Princess" (Season 1, Episode 14) aired on 1998-10-06.
"Richard Grieco" (Season 1998, Episode 128) aired on 1998-10-06.
"Elizabeth & Bob Dole, Joaquin Phoenix" (Season 1998, Episode 159) aired on 1998-10-06.
"Sharon Stone, Joe Montana, Ed McMahon" (Season 1998, Episode 18) aired on 1998-10-06.
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 — 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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