Highlights
From politics to pop culture — the 90s news cycle never slept:
Michel Aoun
Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
Jakob Silfverberg
Jakob Silfverberg, Swedish ice hockey player
Lê Đức Thọ
Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Igor Ozhiganov
Igor Ozhiganov, Russian ice hockey player
At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering massive landslides.
Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian businessman and politician (born 1944)
Whether you were a Blockbuster music shopper or a MTV devotee, these names mattered:
The 90s produced legends. Here's who was in the spotlight:
Before streaming, before binge watching — these titles had us glued to the set:
Biker Mice from Mars
"Unforgiven Cheese" (Season 2, Episode 12) aired on 1994-10-13.
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7389" (Season 1994, Episode 69) aired on 1994-10-13.
Reading Rainbow
"My Shadow" (Season 12, Episode 9) aired on 1994-10-13.
Aladdin
"Caught by the Tale" (Season 2, Episode 24) aired on 1994-10-13.
"cooking fish, preparing plants for winter" (Season 1994, Episode 132) aired on 1994-10-13.
"Roseanne Barr, Rosie O'Donnell, Tom Jones" (Season 1994, Episode 170) aired on 1994-10-13.
"Itzhak Perlman" (Season 1995, Episode 175) aired on 1995-10-13.
"Wet toddler; rocket" (Season 8, Episode 5) aired on 1996-10-13.
"Soul Mates" (Season 4, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-13.
"Spots and Shots / On the Lamb" (Season 2, Episode 24) aired on 1997-10-13.
"The Siege of Ahl Sohn-Bar" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1997-10-13.
"Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins" (Season 1997, Episode 7) aired on 1997-10-13.
"David Duchovny, Emily Mae Young, Todd Barry" (Season 1997, Episode 166) aired on 1997-10-13.
The MTV countdown was everything. These videos owned TRL:
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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