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Robert Hofstadter
Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
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Biker Mice from Mars
"Mad Scientist Wanted" (Season 2, Episode 23) aired on 1994-11-17.
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Mount Unzen
Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
Robert Hofstadter
Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
Katarzyna Kawa
Katarzyna Kawa, Polish tennis player
Danielle Kettlewell
Danielle Kettlewell, Australian synchronised swimmer
United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, fifth Deputy Premier of Quebec (born 1926)
In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
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:
Elías Díaz
Elías Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player
Damiris Dantas
Damiris Dantas, Brazilian basketball player
Minkah Fitzpatrick
Minkah Fitzpatrick, American football player
Dragan Bender
Dragan Bender, Croatian basketball player
The silver screen and the small screen were both firing on all cylinders:
Biker Mice from Mars
"Mad Scientist Wanted" (Season 2, Episode 23) aired on 1994-11-17.
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7409" (Season 1994, Episode 268) aired on 1994-11-17.
Aladdin
"Night of the Living Mud" (Season 2, Episode 49) aired on 1994-11-17.
Friends
"The One Where Underdog Gets Away" (Season 1, Episode 9) aired on 1994-11-17.
"John Turturro / Tom Petty" (Season 20, Episode 6) aired on 1994-11-17.
"Emma Thompson, Sean Austin Jr., David Sanborn, Basia" (Season 1994, Episode 189) aired on 1994-11-17.
"The Survivors from Outer Space" (Season 2, Episode 15) aired on 1995-11-17.
"Jonathan Silverman" (Season 1995, Episode 138) aired on 1995-11-17.
"Rosie O'Donnell, Gabriel Byrne, The Presidents Of The United States Of America" (Season 1995, Episode 191) aired on 1995-11-17.
"The Main Man Part II" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1996-11-17.
"Comic canines; psychic grandma" (Season 8, Episode 9) aired on 1996-11-17.
"Requiem for a Chevyweight (2)" (Season 11, Episode 5) aired on 1996-11-17.
"Bob and Carol and Lois and Clark" (Season 4, Episode 8) aired on 1996-11-17.
"Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man" (Season 4, Episode 7) aired on 1996-11-17.
"The Good-bye Chick" (Season 2, Episode 33) aired on 1997-11-17.
"A Plant Grows in Bear's House" (Season 1, Episode 21) aired on 1997-11-17.
"What's My Line?: Part I" (Season 2, Episode 9) aired on 1997-11-17.
"Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins" (Season 1997, Episode 13) aired on 1997-11-17.
"Fred Savage" (Season 1997, Episode 149) aired on 1997-11-17.
"Richard Simmons, Venus Williams, Wynonna" (Season 1997, Episode 186) aired on 1997-11-17.
"Egg of the Dragon" (Season 1, Episode 25) aired on 1998-11-17.
"Kate Mulgrew" (Season 1998, Episode 147) aired on 1998-11-17.
"Will Smith, Jack Hanna" (Season 1998, Episode 184) aired on 1998-11-17.
Before YouTube, this is how you discovered music videos:
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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