1995

Birth of Vanessa Axente

Vanessa Axente, Hungarian model

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Vanessa Axente

1996

Space Shuttle program

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was carried over from the 1969 plan for the Space Transportation System (STS) of reusable spacecraft. Only the shuttle and supporting rockets were funded for development; a proposed nuclear lunar shuttle in the plan was canceled in 1972. It flew 135 missions and carried 355 astronauts from 16 countries, many on multiple trips.

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Space Shuttle program

1996

Birth of RiceGum

RiceGum, American YouTuber

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RiceGum

1996

Birth of FaZe Rug

FaZe Rug, American YouTuber

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FaZe Rug

1996

Birth of Fred Warner (American football)

Fred Warner, American football player

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Fred Warner (American football)

1997

STS-87

STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle and the 24th flight of Columbia. The mission goals were to conduct experiments using the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4), conduct two EVAs, and deploy the SPARTAN-201 experiment. This mission marked the first time an EVA was performed from Columbia. EVAs from Columbia were originally planned for STS-5 in 1982 and STS-80 in 1996, but were canceled due to spacesuit and airlock problems, respectively. It also marked the first EVA conducted by a Japanese astronaut, Takao Doi.

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STS-87

1997

Birth of Zach Collins

Zach Collins is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs. He was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the 10th overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft and was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers on draft night. During his earlier career with the team he battled many injuries causing him to only play in 154 games in his first four seasons. He joined the San Antonio Spurs as a free agent in August 2021, where he played for four seasons before being traded to the Bulls in 2025.

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Zach Collins

1997

Birth of Kotozakura Masakatsu II

Kotozakura Masakatsu is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Matsudo. He wrestles for Sadogatake stable, a sumo stable previously run by his grandfather, former yokozuna Kotozakura, and currently run by his father, former sekiwake Kotonowaka. He made his debut in November 2015 and reached the top makuuchi division in March 2020, reaching the san'yaku ranks in January 2023. His highest rank has been ōzeki. He has won one championship in the top division and five special prizes for Fighting Spirit, as well as one Technique prize.

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Kotozakura Masakatsu II

1998

Clinton–Lewinsky scandal

A sex scandal involving Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, erupted in 1998. Their sexual relationship began in 1995—when Clinton was 49 years old and Lewinsky was 22 years old—and lasted 18 months, ending in 1997. Clinton ended televised remarks on January 26, 1998, with the later infamous statement: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." Further investigation led to charges of perjury and to the impeachment of Clinton in December 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives. In February 1999 he was subsequently acquitted on both impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day U.S. Senate trial.

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Clinton–Lewinsky scandal

1998

Birth of Nahuel Ferraresi

Nahuel Adolfo Ferraresi Hernández is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo, on loan from São Paulo, and the Venezuela national team.

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Nahuel Ferraresi

1999

Shenzhou 1

Shenzhou 1 was the first uncrewed test flight of the Shenzhou spacecraft and the Long March 2F rocket, launched on 19 November 1999. The spacecraft lacked a life-support system but included an emergency escape system. After 14 orbits, the command to begin reentry was sent by the Yuan Wang 3 off the coast of Namibia at 18:49 UTC. The capsule landed successfully in the Dorbod Banner landing area, about 415 kilometres (258 mi) east of the launch site and 110 kilometres (68 mi) north-west of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia.

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Shenzhou 1

1999

John Carpenter (game show contestant)

John Carpenter is an American game show contestant and Internal Revenue Service agent. He is the fifteenth highest-earning American game show contestant of all time. Carpenter is best known for becoming the first top-prize winner on the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and the first ever top-prize winner in the entire Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise. He held the record for the largest single win in United States game show history, until it was broken in 2000 by Rahim Oberholtzer who won $1.12 million on another U.S. quiz show, Twenty One.

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John Carpenter (game show contestant)

1999

Birth of Evgenia Medvedeva

Evgenia Armanovna Medvedeva, is a retired competitive Russian figure skater. She is the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic silver medalist, a two-time world champion, a two-time European champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Russian national champion, silver medalist at the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships and bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships. Earlier in her career, she won the 2015 World Junior Championships, the 2014 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.

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Evgenia Medvedeva

2001

Aviation and Transportation Security Act

The Aviation and Transportation Security Act was enacted by the 107th United States Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). However, with the passage of the Homeland Security Act in 2002, the TSA was later transferred to the Department of Homeland Security. The legislation was sponsored by Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings from South Carolina and co-sponsored by 30 other senators.

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Aviation and Transportation Security Act

2002

Oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries. Product tankers, generally much smaller, are designed to move refined products from refineries to points near consuming markets.

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Oil tanker