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Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-38, a classified mission for the Department of Defense.
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Biker Mice from Mars
"Danger is Our Business" (Season 2, Episode 22) aired on 1994-11-15.
Read more →The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:
People's Republic of Bulgaria
The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-38, a classified mission for the Department of Defense.
Shailene Woodley
Shailene Woodley, American actress
Sofia Goggia
Sofia Goggia, Italian skier
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high.
On the field and off it, athletes were making history:
Maxime Colin
Maxime Colin, French footballer
Dylan Bundy
Dylan Bundy, American baseball player
Trevor Story
Trevor Story, American baseball player
Kevin Wimmer
Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer
Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:
Biker Mice from Mars
"Danger is Our Business" (Season 2, Episode 22) aired on 1994-11-15.
Taz-Mania
"Mutton for Nothing" (Season 1, Episode 75) aired on 1994-11-15.
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7407" (Season 1994, Episode 261) aired on 1994-11-15.
Aladdin
"Smells Like Trouble" (Season 2, Episode 47) aired on 1994-11-15.
"Episode 609 (Women Heroes Edition)" (Season 6, Episode 10) aired on 1994-11-15.
"Ricki Lake, Janine Turner, Santana" (Season 1994, Episode 187) aired on 1994-11-15.
"Playing with Fire" (Season 2, Episode 23) aired on 1995-11-15.
"Anna Deavere Smith" (Season 1995, Episode 193) aired on 1995-11-15.
"The Postman Always Moves Twice" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1995-11-15.
"The History of Gil and Rachel" (Season 1, Episode 9) aired on 1995-11-15.
"Martin Mull, Elton John" (Season 1995, Episode 189) aired on 1995-11-15.
"Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men" (Season 4, Episode 9) aired on 1996-11-15.
"The Heart of a Saturday Night" (Season 5, Episode 7) aired on 1996-11-15.
"Stupid Pet Tricks, Anthony Edwards, Natalie Cole" (Season 1996, Episode 185) aired on 1996-11-15.
"Bill Murray, Ally Walker, Patti Smith" (Season 1997, Episode 31) aired on 1997-11-15.
"Rolly's Egg-Celent Adventure / Wild Chick Chase" (Season 1, Episode 9) aired on 1997-11-15.
"Gets Charged (Electricity)" (Season 4, Episode 10) aired on 1997-11-15.
"The Neuralizer Syndrome" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1997-11-15.
"Jeepers Creepers / Yelp!" (Season 3, Episode 5) aired on 1997-11-15.
"Ice Station Vulture (Robert Peary, 1909, North Pole)" (Season 2, Episode 11) aired on 1997-11-15.
"Claire Danes / Mariah Carey" (Season 23, Episode 6) aired on 1997-11-15.
"India, Land of the Tiger: Tiger's Domain" (Season 17, Episode 4) aired on 1998-11-15.
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 — Santana, "Smooth"
#3 on TRL — Smash Mouth, "All Star"
#4 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#5 on TRL — Will Smith, "Wild Wild West"
#6 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#7 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"
#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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