Highlights
Before Twitter, before 24/7 news apps — here's what had everyone talking:
Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-35, carrying the ASTRO-1 spacelab observatory.
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland, American composer and conductor (born 1900)
Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (born 1908)
Ukraine
Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-53 for the United States Department of Defense.
Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
From grunge to hip-hop to pop — the 90s music scene was everything:
Charlie Puth
Charlie Puth, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Michael Hedges
Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1953)
Juice Wrld
Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer and songwriter (died 2019)
From stadiums to living rooms, these were the names fans were cheering:
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Ghanaian footballer
Gastón Ramírez
Gastón Ramírez, Uruguayan footballer
Brandon Knight (basketball)
Brandon Knight, American basketball player
Sim Bhullar
Sim Bhullar, Canadian basketball player
The silver screen and the small screen were both firing on all cylinders:
Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7419" (Season 1994, Episode 278) aired on 1994-12-02.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
"The Lily-Crested Crown of Clovis the First" (Season 3, Episode 15) aired on 1994-12-02.
Homicide: Life on the Street
"Crosetti" (Season 3, Episode 6) aired on 1994-12-02.
Picket Fences
"For Whom the Wind Blows" (Season 3, Episode 9) aired on 1994-12-02.
"Lisa Hartman-Black, Jeff Smith" (Season 1994, Episode 166) aired on 1994-12-02.
"Michael Keaton, Nicholas Turturro, Vanessa Williams" (Season 1994, Episode 200) aired on 1994-12-02.
"Folding Workbench, Pt. 2" (Season 15, Episode 9) aired on 1995-12-02.
"On Safari with Jack" (Season 3, Episode 8) aired on 1995-12-02.
"The Tale of Prisoners Past" (Season 5, Episode 5) aired on 1995-12-02.
"Anthony Edwards / Foo Fighters" (Season 21, Episode 7) aired on 1995-12-02.
"San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons" (Season 1996, Episode 14) aired on 1996-12-02.
"Robin Leach" (Season 1996, Episode 54) aired on 1996-12-02.
"Without Feathers" (Season 4, Episode 17) aired on 1997-12-02.
"Christmas In Rockefeller Center 1997" (Season 1997, Episode 1) aired on 1997-12-02.
"Ernie Hudson" (Season 1997, Episode 154) aired on 1997-12-02.
"Patricia Heaton" (Season 1998, Episode 152) aired on 1998-12-02.
Before YouTube, this is how you discovered music videos:
The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999
#2 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
#3 on TRL — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"
#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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