(Saturday, July 8, 1995) — “Waterfalls” by TLC peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for seven consecutive weeks (July 8/15/22/29, Aug. 5/12/19, 1995).
Category Archives: 1990s
Ringo Starr appears in Pizza Hut commercial with three Monkees 20 years ago today (June 29 1995)
Video: 'Beatles - Ringo Starr & The Monkees - Pizza Hut Commercial (1995)'
(Sunday, June 29, 1995) — Former Beatle Ringo first appeared in a Pizza Hut television commercial today alongside three members of the group The Monkees, including Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork.
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Atlantis, Mir come together for a new era 20 years ago this hour (June 29 1995)
Video: 'ATLANTIS - MIR'
(Sunday, June 29, 1995, 13:00:16 UTC) — The space shuttle Atlantis and the Russian Mir space station linked in orbit today, beginning a historic five-day voyage as a single ship.
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President Clinton says Japan sanctions may be needed 20 years ago today (June 27 1995)
Video: 'Asian Economic Conference'
(Friday, June 27, 1995) — Insisting he is no protectionist, U.S. President Bill Clinton defended his threat of Japanese trade sanctions today at the Pacific Rim Economic Conference in Portland, Oregon, as necessary to pray open foreign markets and protect jobs at home.
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Ringo Starr performs at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo 20 years ago this hour (June 27 1995)
Video: 'Japan 1995' (21 videos)
(Friday, June 27, 1995, 7:00 p.m. JST) — Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed tonight at Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, with John Entwistle, Randy Bachman, Mark Farner, Felix Cavaliere, Billy Preston, Zak Starkey and Mark Rivera.
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‘Apollo 13’ premieres in Beverly Hills 20 years ago today (June 22 1995)
Video: 'Apollo 13' trailer
(Thursday, June 22, 1995) — Apollo 13, a historical docudrama film about the tense days of the Apollo 13 lunar mission crisis in 1970, premiered today at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California.
Directed by Ron Howard, the film starred Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise and Ed Harris.
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‘Scream’ by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson peaks at #5 in USA 20 years ago today (June 17 1995)
(Saturday, June 17, 1995) — “Scream” by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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Jewish leaders demand apology from Michael Jackson 20 years ago today (June 15 1995)
Video: 'Michael Jackson - They Don't Care About Us'
(Thursday, June 15, 1995) — Jewish leaders demanded an apology from Michael Jackson today over his song “They Don’t Care About Us,” which contained anti-Semitic slang words.
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‘Anne Frank Remembered’ premieres on Disney Channel 20 years ago this hour (June 8 1995)
Video: 'Anne Frank Remembered' trailer
(Thursday, June 8, 1995, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Anne Frank Remembered, a documentary film about the life of the diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank, premiered tonight on the Disney Channel.
Directed by Jon Blair, the film featured Kenneth Branagh and Glenn Close and won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1996.
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Downed U.S. pilot rescued in Bosnia in daring raid 20 years ago this hour (June 8 1995)
Video: 'Situation Critical - S01E05 - Downed Pilot' (rescue at 42:30)
(Thursday, June 8, 1995, 6:44 a.m. CEST; during Operation Deny Flight, part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia) — United States marines staged an audacious rescue mission into the Bosnian war zone after dawn today, snatching up a missing American fighter pilot from his hiding place in the woods and helicoptering him to safety through a smattering of Bosnian Serb missile and machine-gun fire.
The Air Force pilot, Capt. Scott F. O’Grady, had been on the move stealthily in hilly woodlands for six nights before his guarded radio signals allowed rescuers to verify his survival and home in.
