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Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7394" (Season 1994, Episode 70) aired on 1994-10-20.
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Sam Mataora
Sam Mataora, Cook Islands rugby league player
Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea, American actor (born 1905)
Firestorm
A massive firestorm breaks out in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums.
Phupoom Pongpanupak
Phupoom Pongpanupak, Thai actor
A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
Christopher Stone, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1942)
John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (born 1902)
From grunge to hip-hop to pop — the 90s music scene was everything:
From stadiums to living rooms, these were the names fans were cheering:
Mattia De Sciglio
Mattia De Sciglio, Italian footballer
Kyle Wiltjer
Kyle Wiltjer, Canadian-American basketball player
Ademola Lookman
Ademola Lookman, Nigerian footballer
Daizen Maeda
Daizen Maeda, Japanese footballer
Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1917)
The silver screen and the small screen were both firing on all cylinders:
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7394" (Season 1994, Episode 70) aired on 1994-10-20.
Aladdin
"Poor Iago" (Season 2, Episode 29) aired on 1994-10-20.
Cops
"New York City #1" (Season 7, Episode 10) aired on 1994-10-20.
Friends
"The One With the East German Laundry Detergent" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-20.
"Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" (Season 1995, Episode 63) aired on 1995-10-20.
"Sparky Mortimer, Steely Dan" (Season 1995, Episode 171) aired on 1995-10-20.
"The Way of All Flesh" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1996-10-20.
"In Your House: Buried Alive" (Season 1996, Episode 11) aired on 1996-10-20.
"Brutal Youth" (Season 4, Episode 5) aired on 1996-10-20.
"Television: Window to the World" (Season 4, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-20.
"Treasure of Swamp Island / Lord of the Termites" (Season 2, Episode 25) aired on 1997-10-20.
"Water, Water Everywhere" (Season 1, Episode 2) aired on 1997-10-20.
"Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts" (Season 1997, Episode 8) aired on 1997-10-20.
"Joey Lawrence" (Season 1997, Episode 134) aired on 1997-10-20.
"Beauty and the Beasts" (Season 3, Episode 4) aired on 1998-10-20.
"Chris Elliott" (Season 1998, Episode 132) aired on 1998-10-20.
"State Fair Champions, Ringo Starr" (Season 1998, Episode 164) aired on 1998-10-20.
Before YouTube, this is how you discovered music videos:
The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999
#2 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#3 on TRL — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#4 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#5 on TRL — Santana, "Smooth"
#6 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#7 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
#8 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
#9 on TRL — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
#10 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"
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