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Robert Berdella
Robert Berdella, American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (born 1949)
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Before Twitter, before 24/7 news apps — here's what had everyone talking:
First Intifada
First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
Rachel Klamer
Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete
Brioni Agreement
Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
Jordan McLean
Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player
Willy Brandt, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)
Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (born 1913)
From grunge to hip-hop to pop — the 90s music scene was everything:
Robert Berdella
Robert Berdella, American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (born 1949)
G Herbo
G Herbo, American rapper
From stadiums to living rooms, these were the names fans were cheering:
Chelsea Gray
Chelsea Gray, American basketball player
Grayson Allen
Grayson Allen, American basketball player
The silver screen and the small screen were both firing on all cylinders:
The Magic School Bus
"Hops Home" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-08.
Beethoven
"Cat Fight" (Season 1, Episode 9) aired on 1994-10-08.
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
"The Weeping Woman" (Season 2, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-08.
Batman: The Animated Series
"Time Out of Joint" (Season 3, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-08.
"Stabbing Westward (host), Toad the Wet Sprocket, Crash Test Dummies, Love Spit Love" (Season 1994, Episode 38) aired on 1994-10-08.
"Heart of Steel" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1994-10-08.
"Cry H.A.V.O.C.! (1)" (Season 8, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-08.
"Public Enemy/ Ed DeBarge/ Brownstone" (Season 24, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-08.
"The Carpenter's Tool Box" (Season 14, Episode 2) aired on 1994-10-08.
"The Cattle Drive (1)" (Season 3, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-08.
"The Tale of the Long Ago Locket" (Season 4, Episode 2) aired on 1994-10-08.
"It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To" (Season 3, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-08.
"The Dark Side of the Sun" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1995-10-08.
"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Green Mask" (Season 2, Episode 26) aired on 1996-10-08.
"The Other Side (2)" (Season 3, Episode 2) aired on 1996-10-08.
"Maria Conchita Alonso" (Season 1996, Episode 37) aired on 1996-10-08.
"Sam Donaldson, Spike Lee, Clint Black" (Season 1996, Episode 163) aired on 1996-10-08.
"The Apple Doesn't Fall Too Far..." (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1997-10-08.
"Janeane Garofalo" (Season 1997, Episode 132) aired on 1997-10-08.
"John Lithgow, Christy Turlington, Foo Fighters" (Season 1997, Episode 163) aired on 1997-10-08.
"When Aunt Lena Did the Rhumba" (Season 17, Episode 4) aired on 1998-10-08.
"Jeff Goldblum" (Season 1998, Episode 130) aired on 1998-10-08.
"Isabella Rossellini, Stephen Baldwin, George Miller" (Season 1998, Episode 161) aired on 1998-10-08.
Before YouTube, this is how you discovered music videos:
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 — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#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 — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
#8 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"
#10 on TRL — Santana, "Smooth"
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