Things Turning 3. If you were born in 1. Heres our annual list celebrating 3. TV shows, books, inventions turning 3. MARY KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN Getty Images Paul Morigi. Born on June 1. 3, 1. Olsen twins played Michelle Tanner on the TV show Full House starting in 1. They continued to act together through the mid 2. THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW. Oprah Winfrey hosted the half hour talk show AM Chicago starting in 1. Chicago homicide detectives John Prudhome and Andrew Andy Hollingsworth are assigned to investigate a gruesome murder, and both become entangled in the plot of a. What started as a fairly low key show rocked Chicago, rapidly overtaking Donahue in Chicago TV ratings. Film critic Roger Ebert who had been on the air for years himself encouraged Winfrey to sign a TV syndication deal, expanding her talk show to an hour. She did it, and the rest is history. The Oprah Winfrey Show launched in its new hour long format in September 1. Examining The Kooks Burrito Uproar The Fight Over Food Appropriation. Watch What Would Jesus Buy? Online Hitfix' title='Watch What Would Jesus Buy? Online Hitfix' />It crushed Donahue in national ratings, and ran through May 2. Winfrey became a fixture of American TV spanning decades, and her film acting and producing career cemented her as a major American voice. Other notable 1. 98. Watch My One And Only Online Fandango there. Watch The Astronaut`S Wife Online Metacritic. Watch Coffin Baby Streaming on this page. TV launches Pee wees Playhouse, Perfect Strangers, Designing Women, Double Dare, ALF, Matlock, and L. A. Law. 3. THE CHALLENGER DISASTER. On the cold morning of January 2. Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 7. Among the seven was New Hampshire school teacher Christa Mc. Auliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space because Mc. Auliffe was onboard, American schools tuned in to watch the launch, and many children witnessed the horror. The Challenger disaster shocked the nation and the world, leading to a series of famous investigations, including famous figures such as Chuck Yeager and Richard Feynman. The disaster put NASAs Space Shuttle program on its heels for years, and led to a major rethinking of how to deal with the inherent risk of crewed space launches. PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS AND LUXO JR. Pixar originally formed in the late 1. Lucasfilm, working on computer generated special effects for movies in those days, it was simply called the Computer Graphics Division. In 1. 98. 6, Pixar spun off as its own company, and Steve Jobs became the majority shareholder. The studio, then with only 4. Luxo Jr., a fully computer animated short film that rocked the world with its delightfully expressive charactersand gave the company its desk lamp mascot. Luxo, Jr. was the first computer animated film to be nominated for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar. LADY GAGA, USAIN BOLT, LINDSAY LOHAN, DRAKE. Oh, baby 1. 98. 6 was a big year for births Musician Lady Gaga born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 2. Actor Lindsay Lohan was born on July 2. Sprinter Usain Bolt was born on August 2. Musician Drake Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 2. Game of Thrones stars Kit Harrington and Emilia Clarke were both born that year as well, along with Megan Fox, Shia Le. Beouf, Robert Pattinson, Lena Dunham, and Lea Michele. Computer programmer and activist Aaron Swartz was also born in 1. GREEN DAY AS SWEET CHILDREN. As 1. 4 year olds, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt formed the punk band Sweet Children, which would quickly become Green Day. Although they didnt perform a gig until 1. In the video above, shot in 1. Green Day perform at Pinole Valley High School in California, the high school from which Dirnt graduated. Armstrong dropped out of PVHS to pursue music on his 1. Other notable bands formed in 1. Alice N Chains, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Clarks, Cowboy Junkies, Cypress Hill, Geto Boys, Goo Goo Dolls, Jesus Jones, King Missile, The Lemonheads, Manic Street Preachers. FERRIS BUELLERS DAY OFF. On June 1. 1, 1. 98. American audiences were treated to an instant classic, as Ferris Buellerplayed by Matthew Brodericktook his day off. The film clearly had a lasting effect on the mentalfloss staff. Some past coverage 1. Fun Facts About Ferris Buellers Day Off Ferris Buellers Day Off The 2. Anniversary Quiz Watch the Ferris Bueller TV Show If You Dare Name the Cliques That Support Ferris Bueller Lessons From the Real Ferris Bueller The Late Movies 6 Re Edited Ferris Buellers Day Off Trailers Crimes Perpetrated by Ferris Bueller and Accomplices During His Day Off. GERALDO OPENS AL CAPONES VAULT. On April 2. 1, 1. Geraldo Rivera hosted The Mystery of Al Capones Vaults, in which he and a team of experts opened vaults purportedly owned by Al Capone, finding. The much hyped special was a serious let down where were the guns, bodies, money, and other titillating material, but it created a cultural touchstone, a shared joke for over hyping a mystery. Today, Rivera actually lets you watch the whole show for free on his website. Spoiler Not much happens. THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER. On April 2. 6, 1. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine suffered a catastrophic Level 7 accident the highest magnitude event recorded at the time leading to dozens of deaths at least, and creating a massive Exclusion Zone around the plant due to danger from radioactivity. By December 1. 98. The only other Level 7 event in record is the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which occurred in Japan in 2. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA NES. The Nintendo Entertainment System NES was released in 1. North America, quickly becoming a hit and reviving the market for home video game consoles. On February 2. 1, 1. Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda, an action adventure game for the console that would spawn a franchise nearly as beloved as the earlier Mario Bros. In the original Zelda game, Link must rescue Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon. This game was such a big deal that when I was a kid, we sat around on the school bus and traded maps showing the secret locations of special loot. The subsequent Zelda games have continued the tradition of excellence, and tend to feature long, deep, involved gameplay. Some other notable NES games released in 1. Castlevania, Double Dribble, Ikari Warriors, Kid Icarus, Metroid, and Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels this is arguably SMB II in Japan. MADONNAS TRUE BLUE. Madonnas album True Blue debuted on June 3. It was a brilliant pop record of the time, including the hits Live to Tell, Papa Dont Preach, True Blue, Open Your Heart, and La Isla Bonita. In 1. Guinness Book of World Recordsreported that True Blue was the best selling album by a female artist, having then sold more than 1. It has now sold a total of 2. This was the album that cemented Madonnas status as a pop icon.