Nelson Mandela Inauguration: 5 Powerful Moments in 1994
On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa’s first black president at the Union Buildings in Pretoria — five inauguration moments that defined the end of apartheid.
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Golden Girls Finale: The 1992 Goodbye That Broke 27M Hearts
On May 9, 1992, the Golden Girls finale brought 27.2 million viewers together as Dorothy Zbornak walked out of the Miami house for good in ‘One Flew Out of the Cuckoo’s Nest.’ Here is how the goodbye played, why Bea Arthur left, and why The Golden Palace could not replace it.
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Bondi Blue iMac: 7 Bold Choices in Apple’s 1998 Reveal
The Bondi Blue iMac went from prototype to standing ovation on May 6, 1998, when Steve Jobs pulled a sheet off a glowing translucent computer at the Flint Center in Cupertino and quietly told the world Apple was back. The first iMac was the machine that saved Apple from bankruptcy, killed the floppy disk, made…
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: What Happened When Rock Said Goodbye
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley on April 20, 1992 united rock’s biggest stars for a billion viewers. 7 iconic moments relived.
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Wayne Gretzky’s Final Game: The Night Hockey Said Goodbye to the Greatest
On April 18, 1999, Wayne Gretzky played his final NHL game at Madison Square Garden. Here is why that farewell still feels huge today.
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The OK Hotel Show: The Night Nirvana Played Smells Like Teen Spirit Live
On April 17, 1991, Nirvana debuted Smells Like Teen Spirit at Seattle’s OK Hotel, months before Nevermind changed rock and Gen X culture.
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Star 67 Phone Secrets and Caller ID: How Technology Killed Prank Calls Forever
Before caller ID, every phone call was a mystery and prank calls were an art form. The story of *67, *69, and how a little LCD screen killed telephone anonymity forever.
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Bottled Water vs Tap Water: How Perrier, Evian, and Aquafina Built a $300 Billion Industry
How did we go from free tap water to a $300 billion bottled water industry? The wild story of Perrier, Evian, Aquafina, and the marketing genius that convinced the world to pay for something that falls from the sky.
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Super Mario Bros 1993: 7 Wild Facts From April 9
Super Mario Bros. 1993 hit theaters on April 9, 1993, and even now it feels like a transmission from the weirdest possible alternate timeline. This was the first live-action movie ever built from a video game juggernaut, years before Hollywood figured out how to make game adaptations feel remotely coherent. For kids who grew up…
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Twin Peaks Premiere 1990: The Night TV Changed Forever
Thirty-six years ago tonight, on April 8, 1990, a dead girl washed up on a rocky shore in the Pacific Northwest. She was wrapped in plastic. Her name was Laura Palmer, she was the prom queen of a town no one had ever heard of, and by the time ABC cut to the closing credits,…
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American Gladiators: Nitro, Laser, and the Most 90s Show Ever Made
American Gladiators turned regular people into athletic heroes and gave us Nitro, Laser, and the Eliminator. Here’s why this 90s TV show was peak spectacle television.
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Arachnophobia 1990: 7 Terrifying Reasons This Spider Movie Still Haunts Us
Arachnophobia 1990 is the movie that made an entire generation check their shoes before putting them on. Released July 18, 1990, Frank Marshall’s horror-comedy delivered exactly what the title promised — relentless, squirm-inducing, laugh-out-loud spider terror that hit different when you were ten years old in a dark movie theater. It wasn’t the first creature…
