Highlights

Louis Althusser
Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1918)
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The Magic School Bus
"All Dried Up" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-10-22.
Read more →From politics to pop culture — the 90s news cycle never slept:
David Savard
David Savard, Canadian ice hockey player

Louis Althusser
Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1918)
Hachiro Kasuga
Hachiro Kasuga, Japanese singer and actor (born 1924)
Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-52 to deploy the LAGEOS-2 satellite and microgravity experiments.
Danish fugitive Steen Christensen kills two police officers, Chief Constable Eero Holsti and Senior Constable Antero Palo, in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland during his prison escape.
Maurice Papon, an official in the Vichy government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity.
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:
Charalampos Lykogiannis
Charalambos Lykogiannis, Greek footballer
Corbin Burnes
Corbin Burnes, American baseball player
Geraldo Perdomo
Geraldo Perdomo, Dominican baseball player
Before streaming, before binge watching — these titles had us glued to the set:

The Magic School Bus
"All Dried Up" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-10-22.

Biker Mice from Mars
"Stalkers" (Season 2, Episode 15) aired on 1994-10-22.

Beethoven
"Cyrano De Beethoven" (Season 1, Episode 13) aired on 1994-10-22.

Tales from the Cryptkeeper
"The Haunted Mine" (Season 2, Episode 7) aired on 1994-10-22.
"Vanessa Marcil (host), Booker T. and the MG's, Aaron Neville & the Neville Brothers, Lee Rocker & Big Blue" (Season 1994, Episode 40) aired on 1994-10-22.
"Enter: Krakus (3)" (Season 8, Episode 6) aired on 1994-10-22.
"Karyn White/ Bebe & Cece Winans/ London Jones" (Season 24, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-22.
"Managing Home Construction: Excavation" (Season 8, Episode 1) aired on 1994-10-22.
"Dana Carvey / Edie Brickell" (Season 20, Episode 4) aired on 1994-10-22.
"Hippie nuptials; Halloween antics" (Season 7, Episode 5) aired on 1995-10-22.
"Just Say Noah" (Season 3, Episode 5) aired on 1995-10-22.
"You Like Me, You Really Like Me" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1995-10-22.
"Hirohito of Japan: The Last Banzai" (Season 1995, Episode 87) aired on 1995-10-22.
"Something About a Family Photo" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-22.
"Caroline and the Guy Who Gets There Too Soon" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-22.
"Robert Schimmel" (Season 1996, Episode 41) aired on 1996-10-22.
"Rosie O'Donnell, Jon Favreau, Sheryl Crow" (Season 1996, Episode 168) aired on 1996-10-22.
"The Night the Lights Went Out on Cartoon Planet" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1997-10-22.
"Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot" (Season 6, Episode 13) aired on 1997-10-22.
"Lucy Lawless" (Season 1997, Episode 136) aired on 1997-10-22.
"Erik Estrada & Larry Wilcox" (Season 1998, Episode 134) aired on 1998-10-22.
"Danny Glover, Cal Ripken Jr., R.E.M." (Season 1998, Episode 166) aired on 1998-10-22.
The MTV countdown was everything. These videos owned TRL:
The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999
#2 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#3 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#4 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#5 on TRL — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#6 on TRL — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
#7 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"
#8 on TRL — Smash Mouth, "All Star"
#9 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
#10 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
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