The Daily Rewind1990–1999

December 19.

A decade of moments, all landing on this one date. 85 things that happened on December 19 across the 1990s — from 1990 to 1999.

Highlights

Torrey Craig
1990Sports

Torrey Craig

Torrey Craig, American basketball player

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Declan Galbraith
1991Music

Declan Galbraith

Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter

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Isiah Koech
1993News & World

Isiah Koech

Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner

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News & World12 entries

From politics to pop culture — the 90s news cycle never slept:

Sumire Uesaka
1991News

Sumire Uesaka

Sumire Uesaka, Japanese voice actress and singer

Isiah Koech
1993News

Isiah Koech

Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner

Michael Clarke (musician)
1993News

Michael Clarke (musician)

Michael Clarke, American drummer (born 1946)

Marcello Mastroianni
1996News

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (born 1924)

1990News
Greg Bretz

Greg Bretz, American snowboarder

1997News
SilkAir Flight 185

SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.

1997News
Sara Northrup Hollister

Sara Northrup Hollister, American occultist (born 1924)

1997News
Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (born 1908)

1998News
Bill Clinton

President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second president of the United States to be impeached.

1998News
Mel Fisher

Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (born 1922)

1999News
Space Shuttle Discovery

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-103, the third Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.

1999News
Desmond Llewelyn

Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh soldier and actor (born 1914)

Music8 entries

Whether you were a Blockbuster music shopper or a MTV devotee, these names mattered:

Declan Galbraith
1991Music

Declan Galbraith

Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter

Keiynan Lonsdale
1991Music

Keiynan Lonsdale

Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer

Raphael Spiegel
1992Music

Raphael Spiegel

Raphael Spiegel, Swiss footballer

Young K
1993Music

Young K

Young K, South Korean singer-songwriter

1994Music
Maudy Ayunda

Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter

1995Music
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi

The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.

1997Music
Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924)

1998Music
King Princess

King Princess, American singer-songwriter and musician

Sports8 entries

The 90s produced legends. Here's who was in the spotlight:

Torrey Craig
1990Sports

Torrey Craig

Torrey Craig, American basketball player

Steven Berghuis
1991Sports

Steven Berghuis

Steven Berghuis, Dutch footballer

Josh Huestis
1991Sports

Josh Huestis

Josh Huestis, American basketball player

Iker Muniain
1992Sports

Iker Muniain

Iker Muniain, Spanish footballer

1994Sports
M'Baye Niang

M'Baye Niang, French footballer

1996Sports
Franck Kessié

Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer

1997Sports
Gabriel Magalhães

Gabriel Magalhães, Brazilian footballer

1997Sports
Fikayo Tomori

Fikayo Tomori, English footballer

Movies & TV57 entries

Before streaming, before binge watching — these titles had us glued to the set:

Highlander: The Animated Series
1994Movies

Highlander: The Animated Series

"The Courage of Love" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1994-12-19.

The Head
1994Movies

The Head

"The Head Saves the Earth" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1994-12-19.

Days of Our Lives
1994Movies

Days of Our Lives

"Ep. #7430" (Season 1994, Episode 289) aired on 1994-12-19.

2 Stupid Dogs
1994Movies

2 Stupid Dogs

"Cookies, Ookies, Blookies" (Season 2, Episode 10) aired on 1994-12-19.

1994Movies
Mike & Maty

"David Goldsmith" (Season 1994, Episode 172) aired on 1994-12-19.

1994Movies
The Brothers Grunt

"Close Encounters of the Grunt Kind" (Season 3, Episode 7) aired on 1994-12-19.

1994Movies
Biography

"Santa Claus" (Season 1994, Episode 49) aired on 1994-12-19.

1994Movies
Monday Night Football

"Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints" (Season 1994, Episode 16) aired on 1994-12-19.

1994Movies
American Masters

"Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage" (Season 9, Episode 2) aired on 1994-12-19.

1994Movies
Beavis and Butt-Head

"Plastic Surgin'" (Season 5, Episode 12) aired on 1994-12-19.

1994Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Jean-Claude Van Damme, Wolfgang Puck, Tony Bennett" (Season 1994, Episode 206) aired on 1994-12-19.

1995Movies
Mike & Maty

"Charlie Sheen, Jason Brooks" (Season 1995, Episode 219) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
The Price is Right

"Tue, Dec 19, 1995" (Season 1995, Episode 182) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
The Adventures of Hyperman

"Appalling 13" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder

"Maya Angelou, Ian McKellen" (Season 1995, Episode 217) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
The Client

"The Way Things Never Were" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
NewsRadio

"Xmas Story" (Season 2, Episode 10) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
Hudson Street

"Saturday Night's the Loneliest Night of the Week" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
Frasier

"Frasier Grinch" (Season 3, Episode 9) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
NOVA

"Race to Catch a Buckyball" (Season 23, Episode 8) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
Dateline NBC

"Justice for Justin; Radio Daze?; Healing Harps." (Season 4, Episode 47) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
NYPD Blue

"Cold Heaters" (Season 3, Episode 8) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
Beavis and Butt-Head

"Huh Huh Humbug" (Season 6, Episode 7) aired on 1995-12-19.

1995Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Jack Lemmon, Natalie Merchant" (Season 1995, Episode 208) aired on 1995-12-19.

1996Movies
Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends

"Episode 139" (Season 1, Episode 139) aired on 1996-12-19.

1996Movies
Days of Our Lives

"Ep. #7936" (Season 1996, Episode 263) aired on 1996-12-19.

1996Movies
Guiding Light

"Thursday, December 19, 1996" (Season 45, Episode 22) aired on 1996-12-19.

1996Movies
NewsRadio

"The Trainer" (Season 3, Episode 11) aired on 1996-12-19.

1996Movies
Forensic Files

"Raw Terror" (Season 1, Episode 13) aired on 1996-12-19.

1996Movies
New York Undercover

"Brown Like Me" (Season 3, Episode 11) aired on 1996-12-19.

1996Movies
ER

"Homeless for the Holidays" (Season 3, Episode 10) aired on 1996-12-19.

1996Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Holiday Spectacular" (Season 1996, Episode 65) aired on 1996-12-19.

1996Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Richard Simmons, Neve Campbell, Dave Matthews Band" (Season 1996, Episode 204) aired on 1996-12-19.

1997Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 238" (Season 1, Episode 238) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
Port Charles

"Episode 145" (Season 1, Episode 145) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
The Bold and the Beautiful

"Ep. #2697" (Season 1997, Episode 108) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
The Visitor

"Miracles" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
Christmas in Washington

"Christmas in Washington 1997" (Season 1997, Episode 1) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
Boy Meets World

"A Very Topanga Christmas" (Season 5, Episode 11) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
Sabrina the Teenage Witch

"Sabrina Claus" (Season 2, Episode 12) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
Millennium

"Midnight of the Century" (Season 2, Episode 10) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
Step by Step

"Too Many Santas" (Season 7, Episode 10) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
Teen Angel

"Living Doll" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
Nash Bridges

"Dirty Tricks" (Season 3, Episode 12) aired on 1997-12-19.

1997Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Pierce Brosnan, Lou Holtz" (Season 1997, Episode 205) aired on 1997-12-19.

1998Movies
Rugrats

"Submarine / Chuckie's a Lefty" (Season 6, Episode 5) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
Rolie Polie Olie

"Our Two Dads / What to Be / Magno-Man" (Season 1, Episode 12) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
This Old House

"The Watertown House - 13" (Season 20, Episode 13) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
The Woodwright's Shop

"Swinging Cradle from Saxony" (Season 18, Episode 12) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
America's Funniest Home Videos

"December 19, 1998" (Season 10, Episode 9) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
Cops

"Atlanta, Georgia 9" (Season 11, Episode 13) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War

"The Cambridge Five" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
Fantasy Island

"Wishboned" (Season 1, Episode 9) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
Martial Law

"Lock-Up" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
All That

"Tatyana Ali" (Season 5, Episode 2) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
America's Most Wanted

"December 19, 1998" (Season 12, Episode 7) aired on 1998-12-19.

1998Movies
Cupid

"Hung Jury" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1998-12-19.

By Year

1990
2 events
NewsSports
1991
5 events
MusicNewsSports
1992
2 events
MusicSports
1993
3 events
MusicNews
1994
13 events
MusicSportsMovies
1995
14 events
MusicMovies
1996
11 events
NewsSportsMovies
1997
18 events
MusicNewsSportsMovies
1998
15 events
MusicNewsMovies
1999
2 events
News
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