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"The Not-So-Gladiators" (Season 1, Episode 87) aired on 1994-11-22.
Read more →From politics to pop culture — the 90s news cycle never slept:
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Premiership.
Jang Dong-woo
Jang Dong-woo, South Korean singer and actor
Gab Pangilinan
Gab Pangilinan, Filipino actress and singer
Tadashi Imai
Tadashi Imai, Japanese director (born 1912)
Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva, Soviet pianist, composer, and teacher (born 1924)
A Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft collide on the runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Bridgeton, Missouri, killing two people and injuring eight.
Whether you were a Blockbuster music shopper or a MTV devotee, these names mattered:
Woozi
Woozi, South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, member of boy band Seventeen
Terence Donovan (photographer)
Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (born 1936)
Michael Hutchence
Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1960)
The 90s produced legends. Here's who was in the spotlight:
Brock Osweiler
Brock Osweiler, American football player
Tarik Black
Tarik Black, American basketball player
Natalie Achonwa
Natalie Achonwa, Canadian basketball player
Carles Gil
Carles Gil, Spanish footballer
Before streaming, before binge watching — these titles had us glued to the set:
Taz-Mania
"The Not-So-Gladiators" (Season 1, Episode 87) aired on 1994-11-22.
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7412" (Season 1994, Episode 271) aired on 1994-11-22.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Ivory Hunting Horn of Roland" (Season 3, Episode 12) aired on 1994-11-22.
Aladdin
"The Love Bug" (Season 2, Episode 53) aired on 1994-11-22.
"Nomads of the Wind: The Pierced Sky (5)" (Season 13, Episode 8) aired on 1994-11-22.
"Danny DeVito, Willard Scott, Vince Gill" (Season 1994, Episode 192) aired on 1994-11-22.
"Don Rickles" (Season 1995, Episode 198) aired on 1995-11-22.
"Neither a Borrower Nor a Landlord Be" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1995-11-22.
"Jason Priestley, Lee Marek, Lisa Loeb" (Season 1995, Episode 194) aired on 1995-11-22.
"Kid Inventors, Will Smith, Jimmy Buffett" (Season 1996, Episode 190) aired on 1996-11-22.
"Darrell Hammond, Bruce 'The Mouse' Strauss, Sheryl Crow" (Season 1997, Episode 35) aired on 1997-11-22.
"The Dogs of DeVil / Dog's Best Friend" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1997-11-22.
"Gets Programmed (Computers)" (Season 4, Episode 11) aired on 1997-11-22.
"The Symbiote Syndrome" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1997-11-22.
"Coming In on a Web and Prayer (The Wright Brothers, 1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina)" (Season 2, Episode 12) aired on 1997-11-22.
"Immature with Bizzy Bones/ Sounds of Blackness with Roger Troutman/ Ma$e" (Season 27, Episode 10) aired on 1997-11-22.
"Window Sash Restoration" (Season 17, Episode 8) aired on 1997-11-22.
"The 18th Annual Florida Classic: Bethune–Cookman vs. Florida A&M" (Season 18, Episode 1) aired on 1997-11-22.
"Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas #18" (Season 10, Episode 11) aired on 1997-11-22.
"Rudy Giuliani / Sarah McLachlan" (Season 23, Episode 7) aired on 1997-11-22.
"Little Big Head Man" (Season 3, Episode 5) aired on 1998-11-22.
The MTV countdown was everything. These videos owned TRL:
The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999
#2 on TRL — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
#3 on TRL — Will Smith, "Wild Wild West"
#4 on TRL — Santana, "Smooth"
#5 on TRL — Smash Mouth, "All Star"
#6 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
#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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