The Daily Rewind1990–1999

February 23.

A decade of moments, all landing on this one date. 97 things that happened on February 23 across the 1990s — from 1990 to 1999.

February 23 across the 1990s: the news was dominated by José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, Pr…, TRL was counting down the most-requested videos on MTV, and 69 episodes were airing across the dial. Here's the full picture, year by year.

News

In the News

The headlines that defined February 23 across the 1990s.

José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvad…
1990

José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvad…

José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (born 1925)

In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposin…
1991

In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposin…

In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 struc…
1998

In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 struc…

In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.

TV

What Was On TV

Before DVR, before streaming — if you missed it, you missed it. Here's what had everyone talking the next morning.

A Little Deb Will Do You · Stressed to Kill + 4 more
1994

A Little Deb Will Do You · Stressed to Kill + 4 more

6 episodes aired on February 23, 1994: "A Little Deb Will Do You", "Stressed to Kill", "The Parliament of Dreams", "juvenile boot camps in Florida", and 2 more.

Ann Turkel, Martin Yan · Ep. #7473 + 9 more
1995

Ann Turkel, Martin Yan · Ep. #7473 + 9 more

11 episodes aired on February 23, 1995: "Ann Turkel, Martin Yan", "Ep. #7473", "The One With Two Parts, Part 1", "Mad Without You", and 7 more.

Ann-Margaret · women's hockey + 7 more
1996

Ann-Margaret · women's hockey + 7 more

9 episodes aired on February 23, 1996: "Ann-Margaret", "women's hockey", "Lightning Strikes", "Life Lessons", and 5 more.

Humility · Finalists vie for $100,000 + 7 more
1997

Humility · Finalists vie for $100,000 + 7 more

9 episodes aired on February 23, 1997: "Humility", "Finalists vie for $100,000", "Art Attack", "Brother from Another Series", and 5 more.

Dog Food Day Afternoon / Spot's Fairy God-Chicken · Call It a Day + 19 more
1998

Dog Food Day Afternoon / Spot's Fairy God-Chicken · Call It a Day + 19 more

21 episodes aired on February 23, 1998: "Dog Food Day Afternoon / Spot's Fairy God-Chicken", "Call It a Day", "Do it or Donut", "Ep. #2740", and 17 more.

TRL

TRL Countdown — 1999

Total Request Live was the center of the pop universe. Teens were burning up the phone lines to vote, and the countdown from Times Square was the most-watched 30 minutes on MTV.

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The reigning #1 — retired from the countdown after an extended run at the top.

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Ricky Martin
Livin' la Vida Loca

Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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Jennifer Lopez
If You Had My Love

Jennifer Lopez's "If You Had My Love" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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TLC
No Scrubs

TLC's "No Scrubs" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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Destiny's Child
Bills, Bills, Bills

Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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Eminem
My Name Is

Eminem's "My Name Is" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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Korn
Freak On A Leash

Korn's "Freak On A Leash" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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Limp Bizkit
Nookie

Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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9
Sugar Ray
Every Morning

Sugar Ray's "Every Morning" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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10
Savage Garden
I Want You

Savage Garden's "I Want You" was one of the most-requested videos of the period, burning up the phone lines from fans all over the country.

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Sports

Sports

Athletes, events, and moments from February 23 across the 1990s.

Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
1992

Casemiro, Brazilian footballer

Casemiro, Brazilian footballer · Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer

Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
1995

Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player

Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player

D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player
1996

D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player

D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player

Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player
1997

Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player

Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player

Full Events Archive

Highlights

Marco Scandella
1990News & World

Marco Scandella

Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player

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Casemiro
1992Sports

Casemiro

Casemiro, Brazilian footballer

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The Critic
1994Movies & TV

The Critic

"A Little Deb Will Do You" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-02-23.

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News & World13 entries

The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:

Kevin Connauton
1990News

Kevin Connauton

Kevin Connauton, Canadian ice hockey player

Marco Scandella
1990News

Marco Scandella

Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player

José Napoleón Duarte
1990News

José Napoleón Duarte

José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (born 1925)

Thailand
1991News

Thailand

In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

1994News
Triptii Dimri

Triptii Dimri, Indian actress

1994News
Neviana Vladinova

Neviana Vladinova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

1995News
James Herriot

James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (born 1916)

1997News
Tony Williams (drummer)

Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (born 1945)

1998News
1998 Central Florida tornado outbreak

In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.

1998News
Philip Abbott

Philip Abbott, American actor and director (born 1924)

1999News
Kurds

Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.

1999News
Avalanche

An avalanche buries the town of Galtür, Austria, killing 31.

1999News
The Renegade (wrestler)

The Renegade, American wrestler (born 1965)

Sports5 entries

On the field and off it, athletes were making history:

Casemiro
1992Sports

Casemiro

Casemiro, Brazilian footballer

Kyriakos Papadopoulos
1992Sports

Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer

Andrew Wiggins
1995Sports

Andrew Wiggins

Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player

D'Angelo Russell
1996Sports

D'Angelo Russell

D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player

1997Sports
Jamal Murray

Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player

Movies & TV69 entries

Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:

The Critic
1994Movies

The Critic

"A Little Deb Will Do You" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-02-23.

All My Children
1994Movies

All My Children

"Wednesday February 23 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 38) aired on 1994-02-23.

One Life to Live
1994Movies

One Life to Live

"Wednesday February 23 1994" (Season 1994, Episode 41) aired on 1994-02-23.

Bonkers
1994Movies

Bonkers

"Stressed to Kill" (Season 3, Episode 23) aired on 1994-02-23.

1994Movies
Babylon 5

"The Parliament of Dreams" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-02-23.

1994Movies
Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric

"juvenile boot camps in Florida" (Season 1, Episode 25) aired on 1994-02-23.

1994Movies
American Justice

"Juvenile Justice" (Season 3, Episode 7) aired on 1994-02-23.

1994Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Stupid Human Tricks, Wynonna Judd, Laurence Fishburne" (Season 1994, Episode 34) aired on 1994-02-23.

1995Movies
Mike & Maty

"Ann Turkel, Martin Yan" (Season 1995, Episode 33) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
Days of Our Lives

"Ep. #7473" (Season 1995, Episode 71) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
All My Children

"Thursday February 23 1995" (Season 1995, Episode 40) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
One Life to Live

"Thursday February 23 1995" (Season 1995, Episode 42) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
General Hospital

"Thursday February 23 1995" (Season 1995, Episode 39) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
Friends

"The One With Two Parts, Part 1" (Season 1, Episode 16) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
Mad About You

"Mad Without You" (Season 3, Episode 17) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
Biography

"FDR: Years of Crisis" (Season 1995, Episode 106) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
Simon & Simon

"Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again" (Season 8, Episode ?) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
New York Undercover

"CAT" (Season 1, Episode 19) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
ER

"Sleepless in Chicago" (Season 1, Episode 18) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
Beavis and Butt-Head

"Dream On" (Season 5, Episode 22) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
The Howard Stern Show

"Heather Locklear (1)" (Season 1995, Episode 1) aired on 1995-02-23.

1995Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Rosie O'Donnell, Michael McKean, David Byrne" (Season 1995, Episode 34) aired on 1995-02-23.

1996Movies
Later with Greg Kinnear

"Ann-Margaret" (Season 1996, Episode 18) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
Mike & Maty

"women's hockey" (Season 1996, Episode 35) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
The Price is Right

"Fri, Feb 23, 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 38) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
All My Children

"Friday February 23 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 38) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
One Life to Live

"Friday February 23 1996" (Season 1996, Episode 40) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
Strange Luck

"Lightning Strikes" (Season 1, Episode 17) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
Boy Meets World

"Life Lessons" (Season 3, Episode 18) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
The X-Files

"Pusher" (Season 3, Episode 17) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
Step by Step

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" (Season 5, Episode 18) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
Homicide: Life on the Street

"Justice, Part 2" (Season 4, Episode 14) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
Dennis Miller Live

"Animal Rights" (Season 3, Episode 5) aired on 1996-02-23.

1996Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Kid Inventors, Sherry Stringfield, Don Henley" (Season 1996, Episode 34) aired on 1996-02-23.

1997Movies
Adventures from the Book of Virtues

"Humility" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1997-02-23.

1997Movies
America's Funniest Home Videos

"Finalists vie for $100,000" (Season 8, Episode 20) aired on 1997-02-23.

1997Movies
Brotherly Love

"Art Attack" (Season 2, Episode 18) aired on 1997-02-23.

1997Movies
The Simpsons

"Brother from Another Series" (Season 8, Episode 16) aired on 1997-02-23.

1997Movies
King of the Hill

"Hank's Unmentionable Problem" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1997-02-23.

1997Movies
Touched by an Angel

"Amazing Grace (1)" (Season 3, Episode 19) aired on 1997-02-23.

1997Movies
Nature

"A Lemur's Tale" (Season 15, Episode 8) aired on 1997-02-23.

1997Movies
E! True Hollywood Story

"Dominique Dunne: An American Tragedy" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1997-02-23.

1997Movies
The X-Files

"Unrequited" (Season 4, Episode 16) aired on 1997-02-23.

1998Movies
101 Dalmatians: The Series

"Dog Food Day Afternoon / Spot's Fairy God-Chicken" (Season 2, Episode 49) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Bear in the Big Blue House

"Call It a Day" (Season 2, Episode 36) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Life with Louie

"Do it or Donut" (Season 3, Episode 12) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
The Price is Right

"Mon, Feb 23, 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 38) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 282" (Season 2, Episode 35) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
All My Children

"Mon Feb 23 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 37) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
The Bold and the Beautiful

"Ep. #2740" (Season 1998, Episode 127) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
General Hospital

"02.23.98 - Monday" (Season 1998, Episode 37) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
One Life to Live

"Mon Feb 23 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 42) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Guiding Light

"Monday February 23 1998" (Season 47, Episode 41) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
7th Heaven

"It Takes a Village" (Season 2, Episode 16) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
American Experience

"Reagan: Lifeguard" (Season 10, Episode 7) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Cosby

"Fifteen Minutes of Fame" (Season 2, Episode 17) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
WCW Monday Nitro

"February 23, 1998" (Season 4, Episode 8) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Antiques Roadshow

"San Francisco - Hour 1" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Everybody Loves Raymond

"The Ride-Along" (Season 2, Episode 17) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Ally McBeal

"Once in a Lifetime" (Season 1, Episode 15) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
The Closer

"Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Ghost Stories

"It's Only a Movie" (Season 1, Episode 28) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Three

"Like Felon, Like Daughter" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
George & Leo

"The Nanny" (Season 1, Episode 19) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Daria

"The Daria Hunter" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Brooklyn South

"Fisticuffs" (Season 1, Episode 15) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
Road Rules

"Go Dan!!!" (Season 5, Episode 7) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Jackie Collins" (Season 1998, Episode 27) aired on 1998-02-23.

1998Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Jeff Bridges, Nikki Stone, John Fogerty" (Season 1998, Episode 31) aired on 1998-02-23.

TRL Charts10 entries

Total Request Live had teenagers calling in around the clock. Here's what was charting:

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

The #1 most requested video on TRL on this date in 1999

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#2 on TRL — Ricky Martin, "Livin' la Vida Loca"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#3 on TRL — Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#4 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#5 on TRL — Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#6 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#7 on TRL — Korn, "Freak On A Leash"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#8 on TRL — Limp Bizkit, "Nookie"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#9 on TRL — Sugar Ray, "Every Morning"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — February 23, 1999

#10 on TRL — Savage Garden, "I Want You"

By Year

1990
3 events
News
1991
1 event
News
1992
2 events
Sports
1994
10 events
NewsMovies
1995
16 events
NewsSportsMovies
1996
13 events
SportsMovies
1997
11 events
NewsSportsMovies
1998
28 events
NewsMovies
1999
13 events
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