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Charles Fraser-Smith
Charles Fraser-Smith, English missionary and author (born 1904)
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The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
Yves Montand
Yves Montand, Italian-French actor (born 1921)
Charles Fraser-Smith
Charles Fraser-Smith, English missionary and author (born 1904)
William Hillcourt
William Hillcourt, Danish-American scout leader and author (born 1900)
T. Sivasithamparam
T. Sivasithamparam, Sri Lankan politician (born 1926)
Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War.
Joe Ghiz, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 27th Premier of Prince Edward Island (born 1945)
Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (born 1905)
A U.S. federal judge, in the largest civil settlement in American history, orders 37 U.S. brokerage houses to pay US$1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing.
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
TAESA Flight 725 crashes after takeoff from Uruapan International Airport in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Nosa Igiebor
Nosa Igiebor, Nigerian footballer
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (born 1910)
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Roseanne
"Punch and Jimmy" (Season 7, Episode 8) aired on 1994-11-09.
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7403" (Season 1994, Episode 257) aired on 1994-11-09.
Babylon 5
"Revelations" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1994-11-09.
Aladdin
"A Clockwork Hero" (Season 2, Episode 42) aired on 1994-11-09.
"Larry King, Chazz Palminteri, Sting" (Season 1994, Episode 183) aired on 1994-11-09.
"Dave Thomas, Tom Poston" (Season 1995, Episode 133) aired on 1995-11-09.
"Fox Butterfield" (Season 1995, Episode 189) aired on 1995-11-09.
"Around the World in 80 Ways (The T & A of PSA?)" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1995-11-09.
"Bruce Willis, Heather Locklear, Red Hot Chili Peppers" (Season 1995, Episode 185) aired on 1995-11-09.
"Madison (host), Simply Red, Tina Turner" (Season 1996, Episode 35) aired on 1996-11-09.
"Works Out (Circulation System)" (Season 3, Episode 9) aired on 1996-11-09.
"Invasion of the Banana Snatchers" (Season 1, Episode 8) aired on 1996-11-09.
"Curse of De Nile / Hawaii 33-1/3" (Season 2, Episode 5) aired on 1996-11-09.
"Joy of Painting - Family Gathering" (Season 13, Episode 7) aired on 1996-11-09.
"The Isley Brothers/ Tevin Campbell" (Season 26, Episode 3) aired on 1996-11-09.
"The Main Man Part I" (Season 1, Episode 9) aired on 1996-11-09.
"Angels in the Endzone" (Season 42, Episode 8) aired on 1997-11-09.
"Animal Attractions: Amazing Tales from the San Diego Zoo" (Season 16, Episode 3) aired on 1997-11-09.
"Again with Jessica's Boyfriend" (Season 1, Episode 9) aired on 1997-11-09.
"Igor's Replacement / The Deadman Bunch" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1998-11-09.
"Green Bay Packers at Pittsburgh Steelers" (Season 1998, Episode 10) aired on 1998-11-09.
"John Fugelsang" (Season 1998, Episode 143) aired on 1998-11-09.
"George Michael, Col. Gail Halverson, Hanson" (Season 1998, Episode 178) aired on 1998-11-09.
Total Request Live had teenagers calling in around the clock. Here's what was charting:
The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999
#2 on TRL — Smash Mouth, "All Star"
#3 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#4 on TRL — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
#5 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#6 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#7 on TRL — Will Smith, "Wild Wild West"
#8 on TRL — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"
#9 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"
#10 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"
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