The Daily Rewind1990–1999

October 26.

A decade of moments, all landing on this one date. 107 things that happened on October 26 across the 1990s — from 1990 to 1999.

October 26 across the 1990s: the news was dominated by Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last sold…, TRL was counting down the most-requested videos on MTV, and 75 episodes were airing across the dial. Here's the full picture, year by year.

News

In the News

The headlines that defined October 26 across the 1990s.

Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav …
1991

Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav …

Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his …
1995

Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his …

Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.

The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary pe…
1999

The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary pe…

The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.

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.

Bob Saget · Linda Gray + 12 more
1994

Bob Saget · Linda Gray + 12 more

14 episodes aired on October 26, 1994: "Bob Saget", "Linda Gray", "Awakening: Part Three", "Skeleton in the Closet", and 10 more.

Nancy McKeon · Demi Moore, Joy Philbin + 3 more
1995

Nancy McKeon · Demi Moore, Joy Philbin + 3 more

5 episodes aired on October 26, 1995: "Nancy McKeon", "Demi Moore, Joy Philbin", "Revelations", "I've Got a Secret", and 1 more.

Madison (host), Harry Connick Jr., Charlie Watts Quintet, James Carter, David Sanborn · Makes a Rainbow (Color) + 22 more
1996

Madison (host), Harry Connick Jr., Charlie Watts Quintet, James Carter, David Sanborn · Makes a Rainbow (Color) + 22 more

24 episodes aired on October 26, 1996: "Madison (host), Harry Connick Jr., Charlie Watts Quintet, James Carter, David Sanborn", "Makes a Rainbow (Color)", "Of Mice and Moon", "Mr. Anderson's Opus", and 20 more.

The Voyage to Hell · 1997 Week 9 + 7 more
1997

The Voyage to Hell · 1997 Week 9 + 7 more

9 episodes aired on October 26, 1997: "The Voyage to Hell", "1997 Week 9", "Ransom / Ms. Perfect", "Tower of Terror", and 5 more.

Something Weenie This Way Comes / Ideadical Cousins / Melisserella · Monday, 26 October + 18 more
1998

Something Weenie This Way Comes / Ideadical Cousins / Melisserella · Monday, 26 October + 18 more

20 episodes aired on October 26, 1998: "Something Weenie This Way Comes / Ideadical Cousins / Melisserella", "Monday, 26 October", "Home is Where the Dirt is", "Boo! Humbug", and 16 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.

1

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

2
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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3
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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4
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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5
Backstreet Boys
I Want It That Way

Backstreet Boys's "I Want It That Way" 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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6
Blink-182
What's My Age Again?

Blink-182's "What's My Age Again?" 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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7
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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8
Smash Mouth
All Star

Smash Mouth's "All Star" 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
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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10
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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Music

Music

From chart-toppers to birthdays to passings — what the music world was up to on October 26 across the decade.

Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1913)…
1995

Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1913)…

Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1913)

Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)…
1999

Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)…

Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)

Sports

Sports

Athletes, events, and moments from October 26 across the 1990s.

Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player
1993

Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player

Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player

Full Events Archive

Highlights

Ten-Day War
1991News & World

Ten-Day War

Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

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Sergey Karasev
1993Sports

Sergey Karasev

Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player

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Gargoyles
1994Movies & TV

Gargoyles

"Awakening: Part Three" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-26.

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News & World19 entries

Before Twitter, before 24/7 news apps — here's what had everyone talking:

Mark Swanepoel
1990News

Mark Swanepoel

Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player

Ten-Day War
1991News

Ten-Day War

Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

Joseph Cramarossa
1992News

Joseph Cramarossa

Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player

Oro (wrestler)
1993News

Oro (wrestler)

Oro, Mexican wrestler (born 1971)

1991News
Riho Iida

Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress

1991News
Sherry Hawco

Sherry Hawco, Canadian gymnast (born 1964)

1994News
Jordan

Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.

1994News
Waqa Blake

Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player

1994News
Allie DeBerry

Allie DeBerry, American model and actress

1994News
Wilbert Harrison

Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (born 1929)

1995News
Mossad

Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.

1995News
Flateyri

An avalanche hits the Icelandic village of Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, and killing 20.

1995News
Yuta (Japanese singer)

Yuta, Japanese singer

1995News
Wilhelm Freddie

Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor (born 1909)

1996News
Rebecca Tunney

Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast

1997News
Rhenzy Feliz

Rhenzy Feliz, American actor and singer

1998News
Kenkichi Iwasawa

Kenkichi Iwasawa, Japanese mathematician and academic (born 1917)

1999News
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom's House of Lords votes to end the right of most hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.

1999News
Eknath Easwaran

Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (born 1910)

Music2 entries

From grunge to hip-hop to pop — the 90s music scene was everything:

Gorni Kramer
1995Music

Gorni Kramer

Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1913)

Hoyt Axton
1999Music

Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)

Sports1 entries

From stadiums to living rooms, these were the names fans were cheering:

Sergey Karasev
1993Sports

Sergey Karasev

Sergey Karasev, Russian basketball player

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Movies & TV75 entries

The silver screen and the small screen were both firing on all cylinders:

Gargoyles
1994Movies

Gargoyles

"Awakening: Part Three" (Season 1, Episode 3) aired on 1994-10-26.

Roseanne
1994Movies

Roseanne

"Skeleton in the Closet" (Season 7, Episode 6) aired on 1994-10-26.

Days of Our Lives
1994Movies

Days of Our Lives

"Ep. #7398" (Season 1994, Episode 247) aired on 1994-10-26.

Babylon 5
1994Movies

Babylon 5

"Chrysalis" (Season 1, Episode 22) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
Later with Greg Kinnear

"Bob Saget" (Season 1994, Episode 122) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
Mike & Maty

"Linda Gray" (Season 1994, Episode 141) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
Touched by an Angel

"Cassie's Choice" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
American Experience

"Midnight Ramble" (Season 7, Episode 6) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
The Cosby Mysteries

"Home, Street Home" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
Thunder Alley

"Sex, Lies and Popcorn" (Season 2, Episode 7) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
All-American Girl

"Mommie Nearest" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
Models Inc.

"Clash of the Super Vixens" (Season 1, Episode 15) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
Ellen

"So Funny" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1994-10-26.

1994Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Kenneth Branagh, Mike Judge, The Go-Go's" (Season 1994, Episode 174) aired on 1994-10-26.

1995Movies
Later with Greg Kinnear

"Nancy McKeon" (Season 1995, Episode 125) aired on 1995-10-26.

1995Movies
Mike & Maty

"Demi Moore, Joy Philbin" (Season 1995, Episode 188) aired on 1995-10-26.

1995Movies
The Price is Right

"Thu, Oct 26, 1995" (Season 1995, Episode 152) aired on 1995-10-26.

1995Movies
Gargoyles

"Revelations" (Season 2, Episode 16) aired on 1995-10-26.

1995Movies
Charlie Grace

"I've Got a Secret" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1995-10-26.

1995Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Eddie Murphy, Mike Rappaport, John Hiatt" (Season 1995, Episode 175) aired on 1995-10-26.

1996Movies
ABC in Concert

"Madison (host), Harry Connick Jr., Charlie Watts Quintet, James Carter, David Sanborn" (Season 1996, Episode 33) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
The Magic School Bus

"Makes a Rainbow (Color)" (Season 3, Episode 7) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Cave Kids

"Of Mice and Moon" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Life with Louie

"Mr. Anderson's Opus" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
X-Men

"Bloodlines" (Season 5, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
The Tick

"Tick vs. Filth" (Season 3, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Gargoyles

"The Dying of the Light" (Season 3, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

"The Day the Earth Disappeared" (Season 10, Episode 7) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Earthworm Jim

"Evil in Love" (Season 2, Episode 5) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
The Adventures of Sinbad

"The Ronin" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Soul Train

"Mint Condition/ For Real/ Case featuring Foxy Brown/ Southside B.O.I.Z." (Season 26, Episode 1) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
This Old House

"The Nantucket House - 5" (Season 18, Episode 5) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
The Woodwright's Shop

"The Giant Chisels of Gaul" (Season 16, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
America's Funniest Home Videos

"Puppy escapes; rodeo tumble" (Season 8, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
World Series

"Game 6" (Season 1996, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Dark Skies

"Dark Days Night" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

"Last Dance" (Season 5, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures

"The Wilds" (Season 4, Episode 5) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Svengoolie

"House II: The Second Story" (Season 2, Episode 24) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
The Pretender

"Curious Jarod" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Walker, Texas Ranger

"Redemption" (Season 5, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Profiler

"I'll Be Watching You" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Relativity

"Fathers" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1996-10-26.

1996Movies
Saturday Night Live

"Dana Carvey / Dr. Dre" (Season 22, Episode 4) aired on 1996-10-26.

1997Movies
The Adventures of Sinbad

"The Voyage to Hell" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1997-10-26.

1997Movies
NFL Primetime

"1997 Week 9" (Season 1997, Episode 9) aired on 1997-10-26.

1997Movies
Hey Arnold!

"Ransom / Ms. Perfect" (Season 2, Episode 6) aired on 1997-10-26.

1997Movies
The Wonderful World of Disney

"Tower of Terror" (Season 42, Episode 6) aired on 1997-10-26.

1997Movies
The Simpsons

"Treehouse of Horror VIII" (Season 9, Episode 4) aired on 1997-10-26.

1997Movies
King of the Hill

"Hilloween" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1997-10-26.

1997Movies
Touched by an Angel

"The Pact" (Season 4, Episode 6) aired on 1997-10-26.

1997Movies
Modern Marvels

"Transatlantic Cable: 2500 Miles Of Copper" (Season 5, Episode 14) aired on 1997-10-26.

1997Movies
Alright Already

"Again with the Lobbyist" (Season 1, Episode 7) aired on 1997-10-26.

1998Movies
Toonsylvania

"Something Weenie This Way Comes / Ideadical Cousins / Melisserella" (Season 2, Episode 3) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
The View

"Monday, 26 October" (Season 2, Episode 4) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
The Price is Right

"Mon, Oct 26, 1998" (Season 1998, Episode 141) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 453" (Season 2, Episode 206) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
General Hospital

"10.26.98 - Monday" (Season 1998, Episode 213) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
CatDog

"Home is Where the Dirt is" (Season 1, Episode 35) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Figure It Out

"Show #50" (Season 3, Episode 12) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Will & Grace

"Boo! Humbug" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
The King of Queens

"Head First" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Cosby

"Lucas Matriculus" (Season 3, Episode 6) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
WCW Monday Nitro

"October 26, 1998" (Season 4, Episode 44) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Monday Night Football

"Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs" (Season 1998, Episode 8) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

"Ping-Pong" (Season 5, Episode 17) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Conrad Bloom

"The Unsinkable Conrad Bloom" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer

"Once Upon a Mistress" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Everybody Loves Raymond

"Halloween Candy" (Season 3, Episode 6) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Ally McBeal

"Story of Love" (Season 2, Episode 5) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Welcome to Paradox

"Options" (Season 1, Episode 11) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
L.A. Doctors

"Classic Evan" (Season 1, Episode 6) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn

"Margaret Cho" (Season 1998, Episode 135) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Danny DeVito, Joe Torre, Eddie Brill" (Season 1998, Episode 168) aired on 1998-10-26.

1998Movies
Mr. Show

"Life Is Precious and God and the Bible" (Season 4, Episode 1) aired on 1998-10-26.

TRL Charts10 entries

Before YouTube, this is how you discovered music videos:

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

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

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

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

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

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

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

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

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

#5 on TRL — Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

#6 on TRL — Blink-182, "What's My Age Again?"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

#7 on TRL — TLC, "No Scrubs"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

#8 on TRL — Smash Mouth, "All Star"

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

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

1999TRL
TRL Top 10 — October 26, 1999

#10 on TRL — Eminem, "My Name Is"

By Year

1990
1 event
News
1991
3 events
News
1992
1 event
News
1993
2 events
NewsSports
1994
18 events
NewsMovies
1995
11 events
MusicNewsMovies
1996
25 events
NewsMovies
1997
10 events
NewsMovies
1998
23 events
NewsMovies
1999
13 events
MusicNewsTRL
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