Events May 14 - After nine years on the air, the series finale of the television sitcom Seinfeld airs on NBC. Elton John performs "Candle In The Wind" at Princess Diana's funeral. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire premieres in the UK. A year later, Regis Philbin would host an American version. The Price is Right, airs his 5,000th episode on CBS Canada's Sesame Street switches to showing exclusively Canadian content, renaming itself Sesame Park, as it no longer uses any American made segments from Sesame Street Debuts The Powerpuff Girls premieres (1998-present) Sex and the City premieres (1998-2004) Who Wants To Be A Millionaire premieres on the BBC Popular Television Shows All My Children (1970-present) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) Cops (1989-present) Cowboy Bebop (1998; 2001 movie) Dharma & Greg (1997-2002) Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-present) Friends (1994-2003) General Hospital (1963-present) Hey Arnold (1996-present) Home Improvement (1991-1999) Inspector Morse (1987-2000) Jeopardy (1984-present) King of the Hill (1997-present) Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-present) The Late Show with David Letterman (1993-present) Law & Order (1990-present) One Foot in the Grave (1990-2000) One Saturday Morning (1997-2000) The Real World (1992-present) Rugrats (1991-2004) Saturday Night Live (1975-present) Sesame Street (1969-present) The Simpsons (1989-present) The Tonight Show (1954-present) Wheel of Fortune (1975-present) Timon and Pumbaa (1995-1999) Ending this year The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998) Seinfeld (1989-1998) Births Deaths February 19 - Grandpa Jones, star of Hee-Haw, comedian and musician September 23 - Mary Frann, actress on Newhart Novembr 17 - Esther Rolle, actress
Deaths February 19 - Grandpa Jones, star of Hee-Haw, comedian and musician September 23 - Mary Frann, actress on Newhart Novembr 17 - Esther Rolle, actress