Highlights
Before Twitter, before 24/7 news apps — here's what had everyone talking:
Maica García Godoy
Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
Patrick Lambie
Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
Brenda Asnicar
Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (born 1919)
Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (born 1920)
Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (born 1915)
From grunge to hip-hop to pop — the 90s music scene was everything:
Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.
From stadiums to living rooms, these were the names fans were cheering:
Saki Kumagai
Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
Anthony Gill (basketball)
Anthony Gill, American basketball player
Kenneth Omeruo
Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
Vincent Poirier
Vincent Poirier, French basketball player
The silver screen and the small screen were both firing on all cylinders:
Highlander: The Animated Series
"The Last of the MacLeods" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1994-10-17.
Biker Mice from Mars
"Bleu Cheese Bros" (Season 2, Episode 13) aired on 1994-10-17.
Sweet Valley High
"The Curse of Lawrence Manson" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-10-17.
The Brothers Grunt
"Perry's Appliance Repair" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-17.
"Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess" (Season 1994, Episode 30) aired on 1994-10-17.
"Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos" (Season 1994, Episode 7) aired on 1994-10-17.
"Rosie O'Donnell, Susan Goreck" (Season 1995, Episode 177) aired on 1995-10-17.
"Laura Dern, Richard Simmons, The Mavericks" (Season 1995, Episode 168) aired on 1995-10-17.
"Tori Spelling, Ice-T, Evel Knievel" (Season 1997, Episode 26) aired on 1997-10-17.
"Blood Ties, Part 1" (Season 6, Episode 1) aired on 1997-10-17.
"Robert Pastorelli, Harmony Korine, Smash Mouth" (Season 1997, Episode 170) aired on 1997-10-17.
"Shaquille O'Neal f/ Peter Gunz/ Kelly Price w/ Ron Isley & R. Kelly/ Levi Little" (Season 28, Episode 5) aired on 1998-10-17.
"Pregnant woman sports watermelon" (Season 10, Episode 3) aired on 1998-10-17.
"Hitler's Secrets" (Season 2, Episode 1) aired on 1998-10-17.
"Lucy Lawless / Elliott Smith" (Season 24, Episode 3) aired on 1998-10-17.
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