January 13th 1995 - America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race.

Not unlucky for the these!

Glad to know somebody had good luck on that day!

Glad to know somebody had good luck on that day!
Unlucky for the other competitors?

Unlucky for the other competitors?

Perhaps..

I just know that I was at school that day, and things did not go well for me (for the most part, at least).

January 17, 1995: The area of Kobe, Japan, is struck by a 7.2 earthquake, causing widespread damage and numerous deaths....exactly one year to the date after Los Angeles is hit by a powerful quake. (However, due to the time difference, the U.S. was hearing about it in the late hours of the 16th.)

January 17th 1995 - Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)

January 20, 1995: I got to see an episode of the tv sitcom "Step By Step" being filmed. It was so much fun to see.

January 29, 1995...Super Bowl XXIX was played at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami Florida; the San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers, 49-26.

January 30th 1995 - Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air

January 31st 1995 – President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.

...and in the Los Angeles area, temperatures began to climb, setting record heat for the next few days. 8-P

By February 5, 1995, the temperatures had finally cooled off in southern California. The weather over the next few days would be a complete turnaround.

February 12th 1995  Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles

^interesting, considering that date was a Sunday.

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Anyhoo, on Thursday, February 16, 1995, I had my only non-illness absence from school. I went down to Anaheim to attend a Youth Day conference (it was religious); it was an all-day event. I chose to go because I had the opportunity to be admitted free. It was worth sacrificing a day of school; I enjoyed the experience. However, I had some school assignments to make up; I could use the weekend to do that.

On March 12, 1995, I had my last known allergic reaction to a cat. It was at someone's house. What I had to end up doing was go outside for a while.

I will be focusing on videos on here (along with on some other "years ago" threads). Here we present a "Pregame" of some Bowling here, the 1995 Splitfire Sparkplug Open.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miTLTswU8As- Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQq1HPpp46w- Part 2

On April 9, 1995, President Bill Clinton made a special visit to Los Angeles, and attended a religious service with his family at what was then the cathedral (it would be closed down a year later, due to discovered earthquake damage). My dad had to be there to cover the service (even though it was his birthday), and I went with him. So we got to see the President of the United States in person! (But we didn't actually meet him; that was okay.)

Remember Glenn Rice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faEU0uDI0cg

I almost forgot...yesterday (Monday) was the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombings. :\'( :\'( :\'(

Around April 25-26, 1995, the eight-month-long baseball strike finally came to an end, and the regular season had been shortened to 144 games. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Florida Marlins opened up the season on Tuesday the 25th in Miami, with L.A. winning (I forget the score). Everybody else resumed play on Wednesday the 26th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huNmayAS7I4

Grunge was still fairly hot even if on the decline. You can see more clips from this Pearl Jam concert here.

Also, this movie was released, completeing a trilogy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGytaGTK7j8

July 11, 1995...I turned 15 and spent the day with my parents at their respective workplaces. We had lunch at a nice restaurant in downtown Los Angeles.

July 18th 1995 – On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.

April 8th 1994 was the day my dog was born. Roxy. She was part black lab and german shepherd, and a little bit of rottweiler. She passed on in August 2005.
                                                                                                                                            Ironic,I lost a pet July 4th of that year at 13 (while yours was still a baby).Tiffany. She was yorkie/schnauser.She wasn't that great of shape anymore to begin with arthitis,carteracs,and deaf though still got around. Danny

August 4th 1995 – Operation Storm begins in Croatia.

August 15th 1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).

The Oklahoma City bombing was fifteen years ago today.

The Oklahoma City bombing was fifteen years ago today.

Actually 15 years and 4 months ago.





I almost forgot...yesterday (Monday) was the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombings. :\'( :\'( :\'(

Actually 15 years and 4 months ago.






Oops - I Googled really quickly for something and that's what I found.  Must have read August for April...

August 30th 1995 – NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

Let's see, in September 1995, I was getting ready to start my sophomore year of high school. It began on the 6th of the month, but five days earlier I was getting prepared, and could feel my summer vacation coming to a close.

What was I doing in September of 1995?

Well I was watching Foxx Kids of course.  8)

I was only 6, what do you expect?  ::)

September 6th 1995 – Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years.

September 6th 1995 – Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years.

Three years later, he would finally end his consecutive games streak at 2,632. No one is going to catch him anytime soon.

This was also the date that I began my sophomore year of high school. I got to see some of my friends again after the long break, and started making new ones as the year progressed. (I also began to get popular with the girls.)

I may also want to add to the above that I was placed in an Honors English class at the start of my sophomore year, but after the fifth week I dropped it and switched to a different class because the Honors class wasn't working out for me. Everything went at a fast pace and I found it hard to keep up. This date was the end of the third week; I was thinking about it earlier today, and remembering some of the struggles I had.

I was also placed in an Honors math class for Algebra Two; I did pretty well in there. I expected to anyways, given my enthusiasm for math.

I was starting third grade, I remember the Indians were on their big playoff run first time in 41 years. I remember the Rock Hall opening that year in Cleveland as well. I remember the 1-0 Indians loss in game 6 of the 1995 World Series and David Justice (who would later play in Cleveland) home run well. The Browns moving to Baltimore controversy was at this time which I remember the 1995 season would be the "old Browns" last season in Cleveland and the last season for the old Municipal Stadium with the "new Browns" coming in 1999. World events I remember the OKC Bombing and the OJ trial and Verdict. By the end of 1995 I used the Internet for the first time. Got my first camcorder for Christmas, and took my first videos.

^I remember all those postseason events from October. I was hoping the Indians could win that series... but for the Braves (who played well that year), it was the best they did in all their years of winning the NL East division.

October 3rd 1995 – O J Simpson acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

October 3rd 1995 – OJ Simpson acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.


A verdict that would spark lots of controversy.

Thirteen years to the day later, in 2008, he would be found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room, and would later be sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison.

1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.


And at that time, I was beginning to consider dropping my Honors English class in favor of a regular English class because I was struggling.

October 6th  1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.
And at that time, I was beginning to consider dropping my Honors English class in favor of a regular English class because I was struggling.
I was posting it right now  ;D

October 6th  1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.

I was posting it right now  ;D

How about that...great minds think alike!

Yep...I can't believe this was approximately half my life ago already.

October 9th 1995 – An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.

October 11th, 1995 - O. J. Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline

October 11th, 1995 - O. J. Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline

I knew NOTHING about top 40 music then. I was only 5 and my mom had me listening to Disney "Old Mcdonald Had A Farm" type music back then lol So most of those songs i dont know...

October 16th 1995 – The Million Man March occurs in Washington, D.C.

October 16th 1995 – The Skye Bridge is opened.

Let's see...I was getting adjusted to a new English class, where things went much easier for me (despite my eventual overall grade of 'C').

October 26th 1995 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.

October 26th 1995 – Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.

October 28, 1995: The Braves won their only World Series in Atlanta (to date), a 4-games-to-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Also, it was the only championship won by the team during the 14 straight seasons (1991-2005, bar the 1994 strike-shortened season) in which they won whatever division they were in.

October 28th 1995 – 289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster.

October 28th 1995 – Quebec sovereignists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada (vote is 50.6% to 49.4%).

October 31st 1995 - NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ

October 31st 1995 - NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ

Probably a good move for them.

I remember it raining in the L.A. area that day, but that didn't deter the trick-or-treaters, since the rain had let up by nightfall.

November 4th 1995 – Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Orthodox Israeli.

November 5th 1995 – André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

November 5th 1995 - George Foreman beats Michael Moorer to win WBA/IBF boxing title

November 10th 1995 – In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.

November 15th 1995 – A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.

November 14th 1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.

November 20th 1995 - "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released

November 20th 1995 - Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview

November 21st 1995 – The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year.

November 21st 1995 - New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird"

November 22nd 1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

November 22nd 1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

That film must've set the tone for the multitude of CGI animated movies that have been made since then. :)

That film must've set the tone for the multitude of CGI animated movies that have been made since then. :)
...and a classic film too!

...and a classic film too!

Yes, and it spawned two sequels, the most recent of which has just been released to DVD!

Yes, and it spawned two sequels, the most recent of which has just been released to DVD!
I like second film the best.

I like second film the best.

I have seen it only one time, but I have not had a chance to see TS3 yet.

I have seen it only one time, but I have not had a chance to see TS3 yet.
I have seen the latest 3D and it strained my eyes.

I have seen it only one time, but I have not had a chance to see TS3 yet.



Loved TS3. Not gonna lie--the ending made me cry.

1995 - 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)

1995 - Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass

1995 - James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack

1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.

November 22nd 1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

Quite a fabulous film. I have seen it 4 times.

1995 - 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2)

1995 - Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic

1995 - Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v S Africa, a record

1995 - Michael Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test

1995 – The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.

1995 - first meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81

1995 - Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million

1995 - Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote)

1995 - CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31

1995 - Israeli PM Shimon Peres address both house of US congress

1995 - NBA referees return to work after striking

1995 "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 23 performances

1995 – The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian tribe.

1995 - Queen Elizabeth asks Prince Charles & Diana to divorce

Quite a fabulous film. I have seen it 4 times.

I saw it over the weekend on ABC Family.

Let's see...on December 20, 1995, I remember getting the rest of my braces removed; I could finally go back to my old eating habits.

1995 – NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.

1995 – American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 160.

...and I think I was about finished with my holiday shopping. (Actually, no. I still had a bit more to do the next day.)

1995 - Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs Australia, MCG)

1995 - Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds

In 1995, that's when I graduated out of high school.

At the end of 1995, Bill Watterson published his final "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip, ending the comic's 10-year run.

1996 – Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

15 years ago, our American economy was in the middle of a 'BOOM'. I think the internet boom was about 1995 to 2000.

Little did we know, we were so fortunate to live in such a peaceful and prosperous era.  :-\\

Wow...can't believe 1996 was 15 years ago already. :o In January I was in the middle of my sophomore year of high school, and I was working extra-hard to pass my biology and English classes.

1996 - "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 1622 performances

This date (January 7) was technically my last day of winter vacation, even though it was a Sunday, since I went back to school the next day (Monday January 8th). Over the next three weeks, I became extra-serious about my classes in school (finals were at the end of the month).

1996 – An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people.

1996 - For first time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1996 - Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths

1996 - Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths


Wow, that's amazing, but in a terrible way of course. I feel sorry for those people.  :\'(

1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.

1996 – The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.

1996 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo

January 28, 1996: Super Bowl XXX was played in Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ, between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers. Cowboys defeated the Steelers, 27-17.

January 28, 1996: Super Bowl XXX was played in Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ, between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers. Cowboys defeated the Steelers, 27-17.
I remember that game where Steelers QB Neil O' Donell got picked off by Cowboys cornerback Larry Brown like 2 times. I was rooting for the Steelers in that game.

1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.

1996 – La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire.

1996 – Gino Gallagher, the suspected leader of the Irish National Liberation Army, is killed while waiting in line for his unemployment benefit.

1996 – An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing at least 86 and injuring 1,400.

1996 – Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.

This date (February 2nd) was the official end of the first half of my sophomore year of high school. It wasn't mandatory to attend, since we weren't gonna learn anything new, but I did go to school... as did others. I even began talking to this one girl who I thought was cute, but I don't think we officially became friends until sometime in the spring.

1996 – Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ties all-time record low temperature at -26°F (-32.2°C)

1996 – The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.

1996 – The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place.

1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18 month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.

February 14, 1996...this was the very first time I handed out chocolate valentine hearts to girls at school. My parents gave me a bag of them (See's milk chocolate hearts, wrapped in red foil), and so I took them to school that day and began handing them out to the girls...and they've always appreciated it. This tradition would continue for several years (even after I entered college in 1998-99). http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/valentine/smiley.gif

February 28, 1996: The 38th Annual Grammy Awards were held at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and hosted by Ellen Degeneres. Seal won the Record, Song Of The Year, and Male Pop Vocal performance awards for his song "Kiss From A Rose", and the Album Of The Year award went to Alanis Morissette for her debut album Jagged Little Pill. Morissette also won three trophies in the Rock category. The Best New Artist trophy went to Hootie And The Blowfish.


The very next day was Leap Day, when Faucett Flight 251 crashed in the Andes, killing 123 people. :\'(

I can't believe 1996 was 15 years ago. I was 15 that year so guess how old I'm going to be soon.  :\'( Anyway, I just loved that year. It was my last year in junior high and I can honestly look back at it as a great year. It was the last year where I really got to be a child. The next summer I was working my first job (McDonald's for $4.75 an hour). I will always look back on that year fondly.

I dont really remember too much from this era but was in 4th grade and my little sister Abby was still a baby.

1996 – Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.

1996 – Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.


ewwwww....

i was 2 and i have no memories of it :p i'm probably in the house or something

1996 – Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.

1996 – An 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins.

1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

1996 – The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created.

1996 – Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana, United States.

1996 – A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.

    News briefs

    April 5, 1996
    Web posted at: 11:40 p.m. EST
    Burned cat makes progress; kittens in 'foster home'
    Scarlett

    NEW YORK (CNN) -- Scarlett, the hero cat that rescued her five kittens from a burning building last week, was eating well Friday and appeared more comfortable than she had been Thursday. Marge Stein of the North Shore Animal Medical Center on Long Island, where Scarlett is being treated, said the cat's eyes are heavily medicated, and she is losing some skin over burn wounds in some areas, but her condition is stable.

    Her kittens, who were slightly singed, are receiving care in a "foster home." They will not be available for adoption until they have fully recovered. They are no doubt already well spoken for, as over 1,000 callers from as far away as England and Canada have asked about adopting the kittens or contributing funds for their recovery. The North Shore Animal League has started a "Scarlett Fund," a fund designed to help animals that need emergency treatment.

    Scarlett and her five kittens were discovered by veteran firefighter David Giannelli a week ago as he battled flames in an abandoned building in Brooklyn. After the fire was put out, he saw the mother carrying her kittens one by one across the street.

        Kitty heroine recovers with her kittens


    Cora Fischman denies having affair with Simpson
    Fischman

    LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Cora Fischman, one of Nicole Brown Simpson's closest friends, disputed a lawyer's speculation that she is having an affair with O.J. Simpson.

    Fischman, accompanied by her lawyer, spoke Friday at a news conference aiming to clear up the hubbub surrounding two statements she made behind closed doors in her deposition for the Simpson civil trial.

    Her statement under oath that she currently sees a lot of Simpson was interpreted by a lawyer for Ron Goldman's family to mean that she is probably having an affair with him. She said Friday that she is not -- and that she only sees Simpson so often out of a desire to be near his children.

    "All I did was want to take care of his kids. I was very close to those kids," she said.

    The second statement was that Fischman did not believe Simpson killed his ex-wife and her friend, Ron Goldman. During her news conference, Fischman said she took that stance because she "wasn't there -- and that's all I've ever said."

        Nicole Simpson planned sexual encounter with Goldman, friend says


    Prosecutors must prove Kevorkian intended to kill
    Kevorkian

    DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- The Michigan Court of Appeals late Friday upheld last week's ruling in the trial of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. The ruling said that prosecutors must prove to a jury that Kevorkian intended for his patients to commit suicide in order to be convicted of assisted suicide.

    The ruling is a victory for the defense, which contends Kevorkian intended only to relieve his patients' pain and suffering when he counseled and helped his patients end their lives. The prosecution says he will likely appeal the decision to Michigan's Supreme Court.

    Kevorkian is charged in the 1991 deaths of Sherry Miller, 43, of Roseville and Marjorie Wantz, 58, of Sodus. Miller died after inhaling carbon monoxide. Wantz died of an injection.

    Kevorkian, 67, has escaped conviction twice under Michigan's now-expired assisted suicide law, enacted by the Michigan Legislature specifically to stop him. His current trial is being held under Michigan common law.

        Kevorkian trial poses new legal questions


    Brevard schools sued over kissing kids
    Kissing kids

    MELBOURNE, Florida (CNN) -- The Brevard County school system is being sued for punishing two fifth-graders who admit they were kissing in the halls of Atlantis Elementary School.

    They were suspended for a day, then told that they may not be allowed to join their school chorus when it takes a trip to Tallahassee next week, as punishment for sneaking off to smooch.

    The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the two students. The ACLU said it plans to ask a circuit court judge Monday to force the school to take the pair on the field trip. According to the ACLU, the 11-year-olds were denied due process and civil rights. Their suit seeks compensation for the students' pain, and reimbursement for their legal expenses.

    The school's principal, Vicki Mace, said the two students can only go to Tallahassee if their parents accompany them. The parents say they can't afford to go.

    Nobel scientist charged with child sexual abuse
    Dr. Daniel Gajdusek

    FREDERICK, Maryland (CNN) -- A Nobel Prize winning scientist has been charged with sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy.

    The FBI says that Dr. Daniel Gajdusek, who won the Nobel prize in 1976 for his work on infectious diseases, brought the boy to Maryland from Micronesia and molested him from 1987 through 1991.

    FBI spokesman Larry Foust said that the 72-year-old chief of the Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies at the National Institutes of Health was held in lieu of $1 million bail.

    The accuser, now a college student, was living with Gajdusek while the alleged abuse took place. Gajdusek denied being a pedophile.

    "Not in the way that you are using the term," he told reporters outside the sheriff's office.

1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.

1996 – In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is introduced.

1996 – The 1996 Lebanon war ends.

April 27, 1996: the Olympic Torch made its way through Los Angeles, and I got to see it as it traveled west on Sunset Boulevard in the north part of downtown Los Angeles.

1996 – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.

1996 – In Tasmania, Australia, Martin Bryant goes on a shooting spree, killing 35 people and seriously injuring 21 more.

1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.

1996 – The MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.

1996 – The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed.

1996 – First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.

1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.

June 3, 1996: Game show host Ray Combs, best known for hosting the second incarnation of "Family Feud" (1988-93), was reported dead, having killed himself a day earlier inside the psychiatric ward of Glendale Adventist Medical Center in California. He was 40 years old.

1996 – The maiden flight of the Ariane 5 expendable launch system failed, with the rocket self-destructing 37 seconds after launch because of a malfunction in the control software, one of the most expensive computer bugs in history.

1996 – Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.

1996 – Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.

I believe this was the day I got my yearbook for the 1995-96 school year. I wasted no time in having people sign it. Most of the people who signed it were girls.

I believe this was the day I got my yearbook for the 1995-96 school year. I wasted no time in having people sign it. Most of the people who signed it were girls.
That's the way to do it!

That's the way to do it!

Yes, beginning in my sophomore year of high school, I began to get really popular with the girls.

Yes, beginning in my sophomore year of high school, I began to get really popular with the girls.
Are you still in contact with any of them?

Are you still in contact with any of them?

A few of them, on Facebook.

June 14, 1996... My family and I ate dinner at a restaurant, and I had a rather weird experience with my entree... I talked about it here, about 3/4 of the way down. I was glad to get my order deducted from the bill.

1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes a large bomb in the middle of Manchester, England.

1996 – Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin

15 years ago this month I remember we moved to our new house, I was just finished with 3rd grade. One of the things I remember about 3rd grade was that we had these sunshines and stop signs that we would stick on the placemats we had on our desks, we would get sunshines when we were good and stop signs when we were bad. I mostly had sunshines but one time I remember I got I think it was 3 stop signs and I had to stay after school for like 15 minutes. ;D One of the other things I unfortunately remember was throwing up all over my placemat.  ;D That summer we went on vacation to Minnesota, I remember I met a couple kids up there that were with their grandparents. I wonder where they are all these years later...

1996 – Stone of Scone is returned to Scotland.

Let's see, on July 6th of 1996, we celebrated my 16th birthday at Knotts Berry Farm; I even brought along a buddy of mine. This day was a Saturday, which was why we did the celebrating; I knew we would not be able to on the actual day (the following Thursday), since we all needed to work.

1996 – A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport

1996 – TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.

1996 – Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.

1996 – Battle of Mullaitivu. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1200 Army soldiers.

1996 – Centennial Olympic Park bombing: in Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. One woman (Alice Hawthorne) is killed, and a cameraman suffers a heart attack fleeing the scene. 111 are injured.

1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad .

1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad .

On the same day, L.A. Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda officially stepped down from the position, after suffering a heart attack shortly before then. Bench coach Bill Russell took over the managerial position for the next couple years.

Four days later, I went to a Dodgers baseball game, in which the team played against the Atlanta Braves; they won that game, 2-1. It was the last time, to date, that I went to the stadium and saw a game that they ended up winning.

1996 – Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy

On this day, I finished my very first job... a part-time position at an elementary-school office. It was only temporary, for the summer, but it was good to work and get paid.

1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.

1996 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.

Little did she know what would happen to her a year later. :\'( :\'(

August 29, 1996, was the last time that I went anywhere north of San Luis Obispo. My parents and I were on a week-long vacation trip and we went up to the Monterey/Carmel area, spending a night in Carmel and coming home the next day. (The first few days, we spent in Pismo Beach before going further north.)

1996 – American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot four times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving the Tyson-Seldon boxing match.

1996 – American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot four times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving the Tyson-Seldon boxing match.

I remember that. He passed away a week later, on Friday The 13th. :\'(

Let's see... September 9, 1996, was the beginning of my first full week of my junior year of high school.

September 10th 1996 one of my freinds was born :P

1996 – Representatives from 71 nations signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which has not yet come into force because not enough signatories have ratified it.

1996 – The last Magdalene asylum, an Irish institution to rehabilitate so-called "fallen" women, was closed.

1996 – The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.

1996 – The Nintendo 64 gaming console was released in North America.

September 10th 1996 one of my freinds was born :P

Happy (belated) 15th birthday to your friend.

On this date (September 29th) in 1996, I did the AIDS Walk for the first time; I walked 10 km (6.2 miles) to help raise money for AIDS research.

1996 – Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.

October 14, 1996: The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 6,000 for the first time ever.

October 19, 1996: The World Series began between the Braves and Yankees; I did not watch any portion of it myself, since those are the two teams I despise the most...but I do know that the Braves won the opening game in Yankee Stadium.

1996 – Death of Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP).

Color Me Badd had several hits, a few of which soared into the Top 5 :)


YUCK... They were so creepy to me........... LOL

November 5, 1996: Bill Clinton was reelected president, defeating Republican challenger Bob Dole and third-party candidate Ross Perot, who this time was running with the "Reform" Party.

1996 – A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.

1996 – Antonio Salinass in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.

^ How sad. :\'(

I remember that day was a Thursday, and I was in school. I also remember that it was my mom's 45th birthday and we took her out for dinner.

1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked by three Ethiopians seeking political asylum, then crashed into the Indian Ocean near Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125 of the 175 people on board.

1996 – The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect.

1996 – NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.

I remember this day was the beginning of my three-week winter break from school. I could concentrate on doing my holiday shopping, which took me the weekend to finish up.

1996 - Tony Bennett was rushed to a hospital for an emergency operation for an erupted hernia. Bennett was just arriving at the White House for a holiday dinner with U.S. President and Mrs. Clinton when he fell ill.

1996 – Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.

1996 – Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.

1996 – Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.


A sad news story indeed. :\'( :\'( Just think, she would have been 21 this year.

This day in 1996 was the last time I went rollerskating; even though it had been close to four years since the previous time I'd rollerskated, I seemed to do pretty well (that is, not fall down when getting on the skating floor), and most importantly, had a good time.

1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.

1996 – In the Indian state of Assam, a passenger train is bombed by Bodo separatists, killing 26.

1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

During the final days of 1996 I was probably just chillaxing; not doing much. But I did make plans to get a new bed, since I was sleeping on a twin-size bed (which had been my bed for close to 14 years) and my feet were hanging over the edge since I was tall.

1997 – The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre.

1997 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary General of the United Nations.

On New Year's Day 1997, I found a brand-new bed (a queen-size mattress; yes, some stores were open on New Year's Day); it was delivered to my house two days later. I still have that bed today.

1997 – China announces it will spend US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.

On New Year's Day 1997, I found a brand-new bed (a queen-size mattress; yes, some stores were open on New Year's Day); it was delivered to my house two days later. I still have that bed today.

And on this date, the bed was delivered; my parents and I then had to go find a night table to accompany it; we ended up going to nine different stores before finally finding one that was suitable.

And on this date, the bed was delivered; my parents and I then had to go find a night table to accompany it; we ended up going to nine different stores before finally finding one that was suitable.


My God you have a good memory!!

1997 – Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.

...and the previous day, President Bill Clinton began his second term of office.

January 26, 1997: In Super Bowl XXXI, played at the Superdome in New Orleans, the Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots, 35-21.

1997 – The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.

March 9, 1997: Rap musician Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death by a man whose identity still remains unknown to this day. :\'( :(

March 9, 1997: Rap musician Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death by a man whose identity still remains unknown to this day. :\'( :(



we'll never know his identity.

we'll never know his identity.

It sure seems that way.

Just think, B.I.G. would have turned 40 this year. :\'(

It sure seems that way.

Just think, B.I.G. would have turned 40 this year. :\'(


and most likely making more rap music with other rap artists.

and most likely making more rap music with other rap artists.

He probably would have been doing more collaborations over the years with those other rap artists, such as P-Diddy (who actually knew him personally; in fact, his 1997 hit "I'll Be Missing You" was dedicated to him).

15 years ago today in Canada ...
The #1 song was Everyday is A Winding Road by Sheryl Crow
The #1 album was the 1997 Grammy Nominees Various Artists compilation
The #1 rock song was Lakini's Juice by Live
The #1 dance song was Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison
The #1 adult contemporary song was Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton
The #1 country song was We Danced Anyway by Deanna Carter
The #1 country album was Did I Shave My Legs For This? by Deanna Carter

^ I remember most of those songs being popular in the US as well. Some good memories. 8)

I know that this date in 1997 was a Friday, and I remember it was my last day of school before the spring break week.

June 12, 1997: The very first "interleague play" game took place during the regular season of Major League Baseball, as the Texas Rangers hosted the San Francisco Giants at The Ballpark in Arlington. Texas' Darren Oliver (who'd been with the team since his debut in 1993 and would later rejoin the team in 2010) threw the game's first pitch and San Francisco outfielder Glenallen Hill was the first designated hitter used in a regular-season game by a National League team. San Francisco's Stan Javier hit the first home run in interleague play, and the Giants won the game, 4-3.

June 24, 1997 (wow, I feel old):

The #1 song was "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy (or, should I say, "The Artist Formerly Known as...")

June 24, 1997 (wow, I feel old):

The #1 song was "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy (or, should I say, "The Artist Formerly Known as...")

He later became known as P-Diddy, and then dropped the P. ::)

I was at first annoyed by that record when it came out, since it contained a very notable sample of "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, with the chorus being sung to the same tune as well (by Faith Evans). Then I found out that it was a tribute to rap artist Notorious BIG, who'd been killed earlier in the year. :(

He later became known as P-Diddy, and then dropped the P. ::)

I was at first annoyed by that record when it came out, since it contained a very notable sample of "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, with the chorus being sung to the same tune as well (by Faith Evans). Then I found out that it was a tribute to rap artist Notorious BIG, who'd been killed earlier in the year. :(


What a stupid nickname.

What a stupid nickname.

I know; a lot of people think it has some sick connotation or something.

Even the Stupid Band Names section on Amiright has some criticism about it (on the top of the "P" page): Here

15 years ago today, I met my best friend. It's been an awesome 15 years, and I look forward to many more.

July 8, 1997: The All-Star Game was played at Jacobs Field (now known as Progressive Field) in Cleveland, home of the Cleveland Indians; the American League won the game 3-1 over the National League. This would begin a 13-year streak in which the American League would not lose an All-Star Game.

On September 3, 1997, I began my senior year of high school!

September 5, 1997: Mother Teresa of Calcutta died at the age of 87. :\'(

September 6, 1997: The funeral for Princess Diana was held; one of the many attendees was Sir Elton John, who performed a newly-written version of "Candle In The Wind", with new lyrics attributed to Di. (This version was titled "Candle In The Wind '97" and became a huge-selling single over the remainder of the year.)

July 8, 1997: The All-Star Game was played at Jacobs Field (now known as Progressive Field) in Cleveland, home of the Cleveland Indians; the American League won the game 3-1 over the National League. This would begin a 13-year streak in which the American League would not lose an All-Star Game.


I remember this, I had an All Star Game Indians jacket back in the day too. Those were the days!  8)

15 years ago at this time I was just starting 5th grade, I remember we talked about the deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Theresa which had occurred just after we started the school year.

1997 is one of my favorite years in the 90s, I was in the first grade back then.

Fela Kuti, died in August of 1997.

1997 is one of my favorite years in the 90s, I was in the first grade back then.

Fela Kuti, died in August of 1997.


I liked 1997 a lot as well. My top year of all time for music.

I liked 1997 a lot as well. My top year of all time for music.

Why don't you register?
Some of my personal favorites that were popular that year include "Naked Eye" by Luscious Jackson, "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band, "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai, "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers, and "All For You" by Sister Hazel, to name a few.

Why don't you register?
Some of my personal favorites that were popular that year include "Naked Eye" by Luscious Jackson, "Crash Into Me" by Dave Matthews Band, "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai, "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers, and "All For You" by Sister Hazel, to name a few.


Love "Virtual Insanity"! Yeah, 1997 was a good year for music.

Love "Virtual Insanity"! Yeah, 1997 was a good year for music.

Yeah...aside from all the gangsta-rap from the likes of P-Diddy, Notorious BIG, and others, which I didn't care for... :-\\


INXS had one final hit that year, "Elegantly Wasted", before the untimely death of frontman Mike Hutchence in November of that year. :\'(

Yeah...aside from all the gangsta-rap from the likes of P-Diddy, Notorious BIG, and others, which I didn't care for... :-\\


INXS had one final hit that year, "Elegantly Wasted", before the untimely death of frontman Mike Hutchence in November of that year. :\'(


P-Diddy's "I'll Be Missing You" in memory of Biggie Smalls was good. Sure, it sampled "Every Breath You Take" by The Police but the song worked well for its purpose.

September 1997 = release of "Summertime by The Sundays

P-Diddy's "I'll Be Missing You" in memory of Biggie Smalls was good. Sure, it sampled "Every Breath You Take" by The Police but the song worked well for its purpose.

That's true, it did. At first I was annoyed by the obvious sample of the Police's "Every Breath You Take", but yes, I did find out that P-Diddy wrote it as a tribute to Notorious B.I.G. (also known as "Biggy Smalls", as you mentioned), who would have been 40 this year if he hadn't gotten killed. :\'(


Let's see...this date in 1997 was a Monday, and I began my third week of my senior year of high school.

I was 12 and my favorite movie at the moment was Scream

Right around this time in 1997 (or shortly before), ESPN produced a mashup recording of a bunch of "dance party"-type songs and called this mix "The Jock Jam":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnVAQlKUIAc

Right around this time in 1997 (or shortly before), ESPN produced a mashup recording of a bunch of "dance party"-type songs and called this mix "The Jock Jam":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnVAQlKUIAc


I remember those cds

Right around this time in 1997 (or shortly before), ESPN produced a mashup recording of a bunch of "dance party"-type songs and called this mix "The Jock Jam":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnVAQlKUIAc


dance party music was still hot at that time.

dance party music was still hot at that time.

It sure was. Most of the song snippets in there were from the 90's, although there were a few from before then, such as Gary Glitter's "Rock & Roll Part 2" and the Village People's "YMCA" (both from the 70's), and a couple of late 80's tracks.

October 12, 1997: Singer-songwriter John Denver passed away at the age of 53 near Monterey Bay, California. :\'(

October 12, 1997: Singer-songwriter John Denver passed away at the age of 53 near Monterey Bay, California. :\'(


Wow has it been 15 years?  :(

Wow has it been 15 years?  :(

Sure has. Did you read ninny's post in her "Person/Word Of The Day" thread yesterday?

Sure has. Did you read ninny's post in her "Person/Word Of The Day" thread yesterday?


Yes I sure did.

Its also been roughly 15 years (Sept 23) that the first single from Shania Twain's infamous Come on Over album came out.  :)

Its also been roughly 15 years (Sept 23) that the first single from Shania Twain's infamous Come on Over album came out.  :)

Yes, it generated hits such as "You're Still The One", "That Don't Impress Me Much", and "Man, I Feel Like A Woman", all of which were hits between early 1998 and mid 1999, on both the pop and country charts.

This date (Oct 14) was a Tuesday in 1997, and I remember going with my senior class to Magic Mountain for the day and riding some rides I'd not been on before, including a couple of roller coasters. At first I was reluctant to, but my friends convinced me that it would be fun.

Yes, it generated hits such as "You're Still The One", "That Don't Impress Me Much", and "Man, I Feel Like A Woman", all of which were hits between early 1998 and mid 1999, on both the pop and country charts.


Yep, and Come On Over because the best selling country album ever and best selling album by a female singer. I remember when all those songs were huge on the radio. Loved them all! Seems so long ago...

Yep, and Come On Over because the best selling country album ever and best selling album by a female singer. I remember when all those songs were huge on the radio. Loved them all! Seems so long ago...

I actually liked listening to them too; in fact, around that time, lots of country artists/songs were crossing over into pop.

I actually liked listening to them too; in fact, around that time, lots of country artists/songs were crossing over into pop.


Yep. Prime examples that came to mind...

Faith Hill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dls_cBmUt7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCmsZUN4r_s

Martina McBride:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXnYngnwYhE

LeAnn Rimes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90e8ryPDKWo

Lonestar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-skFgrV59A


Yeah, I was into country back then.  :P Brings back memories.

^ LeAnn Rimes was a personal favorite, definitely. 8) Particularly for her 1997 hit "How Do I Live?", which sounds nothing like country.

In just a little over 2 years this thread will have to be moved into the 2000s board!

October 18, 1997: The Miami (then-Florida) Marlins played in the World Series for the first time ever; this was the day that the series opened, with the Marlins winning, 7-4, over the Cleveland Indians.

In just a little over 2 years this thread will have to be moved into the 2000s board!


You would have to talk to either Chucky or Tam about that.

You would have to talk to either Chucky or Tam about that.

But we don't need to worry about it until the end of 2014.

October 25, 1997: In the sixth game of the World Series, the Cleveland Indians defeated the Marlins 4-1 to force a deciding game the next day.

October 26, 1997: The Marlins won the World Series walk-off style, over the Cleveland Indians, who were seeking their first WS title in 49 years, but fell short. :-\\ They haven't appeared in a World Series since then.

For the Marlins, they became the fastest expansion team to win a World Series, doing so in only their fifth year of existence. (The Arizona Diamondbacks would break that record four years later, in their fourth year of existence.)

November 22, 1997: INXS frontman Mike Hutchence reportedly took his own life. :\'( :\'(

(However, due to the time difference between Australia and the U.S., the U.S. was hearing about this on the evening of the 21st.)

November 27, 1997, was Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.

In the evening I watched "Wheel Of Fortune"; it was 'Best Friends Week' on the show and one of the duos on that night's episode was a pair of faculty members from my high school; one was a school counselor who was also the drill team coach, and the other was a Physical Education teacher who was also the cheerleading coach. They won the most money in the maingame, and went on to win the bonus round prize... and came back at the end of the week. (This was back when "Wheel" invited back the three top winners at the end of each special week.) When I went back to school the following Monday, I congratulated them on winning.

I had known that they were going to appear, as that week's episodes had been filmed in early October, and one of them mentioned then that they'd be appearing on "Wheel" during Thanksgiving week, but they were not allowed to disclose any further details.

December 18, 1997: Comedian Chris Farley passed away from Cocaine intoxication and morphine overdose; he was 33. :\'(

December 18, 1997: Comedian Chris Farley passed away from Cocaine intoxication and morphine overdose; he was 33. :\'(


we lost a funny comedian.

12/19/97: Titanic opened in Theatres

12/19/97: Titanic opened in Theatres

That's right!! And it remained in theatres for about 8 months before it was finally released to video. That film generated lots of money, but I didn't care for it.

I remembering seeing Titanic in theaters back then.


That's right!! And it remained in theatres for about 8 months before it was finally released to video. That film generated lots of money, but I didn't care for it.


Yeah I remember it took a while before they released it to video.

On this day in 1997 Jerry Seinfeld decides to end his sitcom Seinfeld.

On this day in 1997 Jerry Seinfeld decides to end his sitcom Seinfeld.


He ended it in 1998

He ended it in 1998

Yes, but he made the decision several months in advance; it would be the show's final season. I actually never got into it much...

January 5, 1998: Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident at the age of 62. :(

1998 was 15 years ago :o???!!!!!

January 5, 1998: Sonny Bono died in a skiing accident at the age of 62. :(


Wow I remember that.  :(

1998 was 15 years ago :o???!!!!!

Yep; this June will mark 15 years since I graduated from highschool!! :o I know, hard to believe.

1998 was 15 years ago :o???!!!!!


I know right?! I remember hearing about Sonny's passing back then. Crazy how time flies!

February 1st 1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.

...and I remember that was the day I saw the movie "Wag The Dog."

The 1998 Nagano olympics started. and Saddam Hussein's refusal to allow UN weapons inspectors calls for airstrikes

February 3rd 1998

– Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
– Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.

February 4th 1998 – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.

February 3rd 1998

– Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
– Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.

I remember on that day, I began my final semester of high school. But I had to make an adjustment to my class schedule, as I was placed in a mathematics class full of kids who were a year behind me. It got taken care of, though. :)

February 6th 1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

February 6th 1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

...and that date was the former president's 87th birthday.

And on the next day, the Winter Olympics began in Nagano, Japan.

February 13, 1998: the first of three "Friday the 13th" dates for the year.

I know that the movie The Wedding Singer made its theatrical premiere. My family and I saw it two days later.

February 13, 1998: the first of three "Friday the 13th" dates for the year.

I know that the movie The Wedding Singer made its theatrical premiere. My family and I saw it two days later.


I thought the film was ok.

I thought the film was ok.

I enjoyed it. And I've rewatched the movie several times on TV since then.

February 23rd 1998 – Osama bin Laden publishes a fatwa declaring jihad against all Jews and "Crusaders"; the latter term is commonly interpreted to refer to the people of Europe and the United States.

March 27, 1998: The Food and Drug Administration approved Viagara for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
Also, Ferdinand Anton Ernst "Ferry" Porsche, an Austrian technical automobile designer and automaker-entrepreneur, passed away at the age of 88. He was the son of Ferdinand Porsche Sr., founder of the automobile company whose namesake car still lives on.

April 6th 1998

– Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

– Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76 billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.

...and a week before that, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Rays (then known as the Devilrays) played their inaugural MLB games in the National League and the American League, respectively. In addition, with the move of the Milwaukee Brewers from the AL to the NL, that gave the National League 16 teams, and the Rays replaced the Brewers in the AL, keeping it at 14 teams.

May 11, 1998: India conducted three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.

May 14, 1998... two things came to an end: Frank Sinatra's life (died of heart failure at age 82) and the TV sitcom Seinfeld (aired its final episode, ending a 9-year run on NBC).

May 14, 1998... two things came to an end: Frank Sinatra's life (died of heart failure at age 82) and the TV sitcom Seinfeld (aired its final episode, ending a 9-year run on NBC).


I still watch Seinfeld in reruns.

I still watch Seinfeld in reruns.

Yes, they still continue to air today. As well as the reruns of other popular TV sitcoms over the years.

I actually never watched Seinfeld all that much myself, but I do know about the main characters and the actors who played them.

May 17, 1998: David Wells of the New York Yankees pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wells%27_perfect_game

May 21-22, 1998...the night of my Grad Nite at Disneyland, although we didn't graduate until a month later. This was the only time I was awake during the entire "graveyard shift" (midnight-5am). I'd gotten some rest on the evening of the 21st before leaving the house, and got more sleep after I got back home at 8:30ish on the morning of the 22nd. And after realizing how sleepy I was, I realized why they gave us Friday the 22nd off!

May 23rd 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.

...and I remember taking it easy that weekend, knowing full well that my high-school graduation was four weeks away. I had lots of work to do.

May 21-22, 1998...the night of my Grad Nite at Disneyland, although we didn't graduate until a month later. This was the only time I was awake during the entire "graveyard shift" (midnight-5am). I'd gotten some rest on the evening of the 21st before leaving the house, and got more sleep after I got back home at 8:30ish on the morning of the 22nd. And after realizing how sleepy I was, I realized why they gave us Friday the 22nd off!


And I had my Grad Nite at Disneyland 11 years after this date! :D

And I had my Grad Nite at Disneyland 11 years after this date! :D

In 2009? Was it fun?

You must also be a southern California native then?

In 2009? Was it fun?

You must also be a southern California native then?


Oh, yeah it was fun! Won't be forgetting that night for a LONG time! And yes, I'm a fellow SoCal native!

Oh, yeah it was fun! Won't be forgetting that night for a LONG time! And yes, I'm a fellow SoCal native!

Awesome!

Let's see...
15 years ago this month, I was quite busy preparing to graduate from high school. My busiest class was probably my English class, which was officially known as 'Expository Composition'; not a day went by during the first two weeks of that month when I wasn't busy working on an assignment in that class, whether it be an essay or some other project.

The 19th will mark 15 years since the graduation.

June 5th 1998 – A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.

^ I seem to remember that... even though I was in the midst of preparing to graduate... which I did two weeks later.

June 11th 1998 – Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.

...and I was about one week away from graduating from high school.

...I graduated from high school!!

Hard to believe it's been 15 years.

...I graduated from high school!!

Hard to believe it's been 15 years.


next week would mark 21 years, hard to believe it's been that long.  :o

next week would mark 21 years, hard to believe it's been that long.  :o

Time sure does fly.

And the next day, btw, we had a party to celebrate my graduation. I sent invitations to many people (most of whom came, including family), as well as 20 members of my graduating class...but only four of them showed up. (This was due in part to the fact that some of them had planned parties of their own for that day.)

...I graduated from high school!!

Hard to believe it's been 15 years.

next week would mark 21 years, hard to believe it's been that long.  :o

Time sure does fly.

And on this date 15 years ago, I called up one such classmate to wish her a happy birthday. I wish I'd kept closer contact with my friends in high school after we graduated. Man, if only Facebook had been around in 1998...

August 24th 1998 – First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.

...and I was starting my second week of college!

A week ago I was looking back and realizing that it had been 15 whole years since I began life as a college student; it was a whole new experience for me. (Little did I know that I'd be an undergrad for the next 10 years altogether!)

August 30th 1998 – Second Congo War: Government troops and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo.

August 1998 – North Korea claimed to have successfully launched Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1, its first satellite, although no objects were ever tracked in orbit from the launch.

September 8, 1998: Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run of the season, breaking a record held for 37 years by Roger Maris. McGwire would finish the season with 70 home runs; this mark would stand for three years (Barry Bonds would hit 73 of them in 2001). However, the validity of his record would later generate controversy, over possible use of PEDs... and McGwire eventually came clean, albeit several years later.

November 3, 1998, was Election Day across the U.S., specifically for "midterm" elections. Most states had races for governor, including California, which had a battle of newcomers in its governor race: Gray Davis (D) over Dan Lungren (R) and others.

(And FTR, it was my first time voting.)

December 4th 1993 – The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.

December 19th 1998 – President Bill Clinton is impeached by The United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.

December 19th 1998 – President Bill Clinton is impeached by The United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.


"I didn't have sexual relations with that woman".

January 3rd 1999 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched.

January 4th 1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.

January 31, 1999:

The Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl XXXIII by a score of 34-19, at Pro Player Stadium (now known as Sun Life Stadium) in Miami, Florida.

February 12th 1999 – United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.

^ Something I remember watching on the TV.

March 29, 1999: The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 10,000 mark and closed above it for the first time ever.

April 1st 1999 – Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.

April 20, 1999: The Columbine school shooting in Littleton, Colorado :\'( :\'(

May 28th 1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.

May 29th 1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.

May 29th 1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.

June 10th 1999 – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

June 12th 1999 – Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

^ I remember that; it was all over the news.

July 13, 1999: At the MLB All-Star Game in Boston's Fenway Park, Ted Williams threw out the ceremonial first pitch. In the actual game itself, Pedro Martinez, then a member of the Red Sox, struck out five of the six NL batters he faced, ultimately earning MVP honors, as the American league won 4-1.

We're eventually gonna have to move the 15 years ago post into the 2000s section...

We're eventually gonna have to move the 15 years ago post into the 2000s section...
Yes we are totally aware of that, but it will not have to be done until the end of the year.

Yes we are totally aware of that, but it will not have to be done until the end of the year.



around December or so.

July 18, 1999: David Cone of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Montreal Expos; so far this has been the only perfect game in the history of interleague play. The Yankees, who won 6-0, were managed by Joe Torre, whose 59th birthday was that very day.

The other day was 15 years since the solar eclipse in Europe!

Cartoon Network was at its hype.

The Sega Dreamcast was introduced in North America. Also, pre-Y2K hysterical hoax based on the STOP application on some computers (9999) had occured.

The Sega Dreamcast was introduced in North America. Also, pre-Y2K hysterical hoax based on the STOP application on some computers (9999) had occured.

Well, the date was 9/9/99, so that might've had something to do with it. I remember that day very well.

Thread is continued in The 2000's: http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=51000.0