Highlights
From politics to pop culture — the 90s news cycle never slept:
1990 Georgian Supreme Soviet election
Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
Jeon Ji-hee
Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player
Maria Sergejeva
Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater
Juri Lotman
Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (born 1922)
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:
Lucy Bronze
Lucy Bronze, English footballer
Andrew Harrison (basketball)
Andrew Harrison, American basketball player
Glen Kamara
Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
Jae'Sean Tate
Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player
Before streaming, before binge watching — these titles had us glued to the set:
Gargoyles
"Awakening (5)" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-28.
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7400" (Season 1994, Episode 249) aired on 1994-10-28.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Discarded Seal of Ivan the Terrible" (Season 3, Episode 6) aired on 1994-10-28.
Boy Meets World
"Who's Afraid of Cory Wolf?" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1994-10-28.
"David Hyde Pierce, George Carlin" (Season 1994, Episode 176) aired on 1994-10-28.
"Carter, the Enforcer" (Season 9, Episode 7) aired on 1995-10-28.
"From Russia with Gadget Boy" (Season 1, Episode 8) aired on 1995-10-28.
"The Labyrinth (1)" (Season 3, Episode 7) aired on 1995-10-28.
"Michael Bolton/ Anointed/ AZ featuring Miss Jone" (Season 25, Episode 6) aired on 1995-10-28.
"Gabriel Byrne / Alanis Morissette" (Season 21, Episode 4) aired on 1995-10-28.
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-28.
"Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings" (Season 1996, Episode 9) aired on 1996-10-28.
"Joe Torre, Don Rickles, The Heads" (Season 1996, Episode 172) aired on 1996-10-28.
"Why Bears Can't Fly" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1997-10-28.
"Suzanne Somers" (Season 1997, Episode 139) aired on 1997-10-28.
"Maria Martiromo, Penn & Teller, Amy Grant" (Season 1997, Episode 172) aired on 1997-10-28.
"Two Guys, a Girl and a Psycho Halloween" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1998-10-28.
"What's Love Got to Do, Got to Do with Dick?" (Season 4, Episode 5) aired on 1998-10-28.
"Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note" (Season 13, Episode 1) aired on 1998-10-28.
"Medical Imaging: The Voyage Inward" (Season 6, Episode 7) aired on 1998-10-28.
"High Crimes and Misdemeanors" (Season 7, Episode 15) aired on 1998-10-28.
"Kevin Sorbo" (Season 1998, Episode 137) aired on 1998-10-28.
"Daniel Baldwin, Todd Solondz, Phil Collins" (Season 1998, Episode 170) aired on 1998-10-28.
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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