This thread is for talking about whatever was 10 years ago, or about 10 years ago, as of the post. I want this thread to last until the end of 2009.

I'll start - where were you when Princess Diana died? I was at my cousin's wedding.

I'll start - where were you when Princess Diana died? I was at my cousin's wedding.

I was at home, listening to 80s music on the radio.

1997...wow, sometimes it seems like ages ago, and sometimes it seems like just yesterday. This was the year that my grandpap died...right around the 4th of July (actually on the 5th).  I was 20 years old, and in love with a boy from Slovenia. We had been penpals for years, and he was coming over to the US to visit me for 2 weeks....I was so nervous and excited that year.  I was working as an assistant manager that year, at a book/gift store, and I still lived at home. I wish I could go back to that year.

i'd taken all my courses for grad school and was fighting for my degree, i dated a girl named margaret for a couple months, i had joined a jazzy rock bar band a few months before and i was struggling to feel comfortable on stage and playing out for the first time, and i'd just started doing desktop publishing. which i'm doing now, ten years later.

Started high school that year in september.

Enjoyed my last days of primary school as well, sitting my SATS back in England about this time.

I was in my Sophmore year of H.S. Princess Diana's death happened on my Dad's birthday and I remember watching the news about it and then watching the funeral a few days later (or maybe it was a week later - can't be for certain). Watching Elton John's performance was very touching.

I don't remember that happening at all.  but ten years ago?
I was living in Japan.  I can't believe it was that long ago.

I graduated and transferred from 2 year college to 4 year university that year.  I graduated w/ so many credits I was Junior level in credits at the University so I was able to go right into courses for my major.
I think that year our car got torched (for the second time) and we decided it was time to move.

MTV started becoming a cesspool it is now  :P

Deborah Gibson releases her "Deborah" album, though didn't know about it about a few years later.

"South Park" debuts

1997...i arrived in NYC with one suitcase and a 100 dollar bill,ready to live the american dream,good and bad memories,i was so young and naïve,i miss those times :(

Working at a hobby store and watching MST3K on Saturday nights.
mst3k is king.

mst3k is king.


sure is. wow i didnt' even realise that it was on ten years ago. seems like yesterday.

What I remember from 1997:

The following songs:

Trip Like I Do-The Crystal Method featuring Filter
Show Me Love, Do You Know What It Takes-Robyn
Barrel Of A Gun, Its No Good-Depeche Mode
Men In Black-Will Smith
Return Of The Mack-Mark Morrison
Ohh a Just A Little Bit-Gina G
Your Woman-Whitetown
One Headlight, The Difference-The Wallflowers
Hero-The Foo Fighters
Smack B**** Up-Prodigy
Elegantly Wasted-INXS

Pro Sports:

I remember as a NASCAR fan Jeff Gordon bumping Rusty Wallace out of the lead at the Spring Race(Food City 500) at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennesee and Gordon winning by putting that bump on Rusty's car.

As an NBA fan The Utah Jazz going to the NBA Finals for the first time but losing to the Micheal Jordan led Chicago Bulls in 6 games.

Penn State in College Football beating Texas in the Fiesta Bowl and Ohio State beating Arizona State in the Rose Bowl.

The Green Bay Packers beating the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl in 1997 and Packers Kick returner Desmond Howard being named the Super Bowl MVP for that game.

Music:

The Spice Girls and Hanson being popular.

Personal life:

1996-1997 was my Junior year in High School and I started my senior year pf High School in September of 1997.

Started high school that year in september.

Enjoyed my last days of primary school as well, sitting my SATS back in England about this time.

In September of that year I began my senior year of high school!

Which means my 10 year reunion will be next year already!!! :o

Started 5th grade in the Fall of 97. Remember Spice Girls and Hanson being popular among classmates. Turned 10 in May, Indians made the World Series again (and lost), I attended game 3. This was the year I visited Alaska as well. I remember Princess DI and Mother Teresa dying.

Ten years ago I took my exams for my masters degree and moved house at more or less the same time.  In work I had been told that they were looking to transfer me within the campus but couldn't say when or where.

Indians made the World Series again (and lost), I attended game 3.

Yes, I remember that World Series quite well. It was the first time ever for the Florida Marlins, in only their 5th year of existence. I wish the Indians could've won it 2 years earlier, over the Atlanta Braves. ::)

1997 was a pretty cool year. I was 10 back then, still wishing I could get one of those 'new' 3D video game consoles, still watching Nickelodeon every day, and generally having a good time.

Also I think One Saturday Morning started in the fall of '97. Hard to believe it's been 10 years.

I was in the midst of my second year as a college sophomore. :-) If at first you don't succeed, right?

Things I remember: My sister got married to a guy that lived halfway across the country, I began developing my first real relationship with someone, and I got my first gig in the radio biz. Come to think of it, Princess Diana's death happened on the weekend of my sister's wedding. Definitely a shocker. 

Oddly, it was just about Spring of 1997 that my life started becoming like a primitive version of what it is now. Like I've said on here, my parents and I moved around quite a bit when I was growing up and up till I was 14, but I've lived in San Jose ever since then. I was ending my freshman year of High School and even got my first job that Summer (after school janitorial stuff, but it was a start, lol). I also did alot of the same things, although it's also enough of a change for me to miss how it was back then.

You know what's weird? Even in 2004, if you said "ten years ago", you were referring to a completely different old-school part of the '90s. Now that it means 1997, it feels like a quite dated yet somewhat "samey" era (i.e. the Internet was a household name, and getting close to essential; South Park debuted).

In the summer of 1997 I had summer employment for the second straight year, working at the exact same place as before. Except I was doing different things this time.

1997 was when I was in Pre-K

I can't remember what I was doing this time of year. I was finishing up my Freshman year in H.S. Oh, I remember in June of that year I got a terrible flu. It was so bad, but luckily, with time, I've pretty much forgotten how much it tore me apart.

Ten years ago this month, I was beginning my SENIOR year of high school!

I started my Sophmore year of High School. No big news about that. I remember about this time my brother was hired to work for a hospital as a medical records clerk.

Ten years ago this month, I was beginning my freshman year of high school!


Do you mean Senior year? You are two years older than me. Hmmm....  :-\\

I started second grade in September that year. I still didn't have a social phobia (I got it somewhere in 2001, but I am just starting fighting with it) and used to be more confident. Life was just easier. I hope that the best years of my life are yet to come though and that I'll cope with my social phobia.

September 25th:

1997 - Ultima Online, the first successful MMORPG, developed by Origin Systems, launches.

10 years ago this week, here's what was in the Canadian Top 50 ...

TW | LW | WC | TITLE AND ARTIST

01 | 01 | 06 | Honey - Mariah Carey
02 | 02 | 12 | Where's the Love - Hanson
03 | 03 | 14 | Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
04 | 07 | 04 | Barbie Girl - Aqua
05 | 09 | 22 | Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
06 | 06 | 12 | Men in Black Theme - Will Smith
07 | 08 | 10 | I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy w/ Faith Evans
08 | 05 | 09 | Everybody - Backstreet Boys
09 | 04 | 12 | 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
10 | 12 | 04 | Foolish Games - Jewel
11 | 10 | 12 | Do You Know What it Takes - Robyn
12 | 20 | 02 | Anybody Seen My Baby? - The Rolling Stones
13 | 17 | 04 | Invisible Man - 98 Degrees
14 | 11 | 23 | Bitch - Meredith Brooks
15 | 21 | 08 | Fly - Sugar Ray
16 | 13 | 13 | Third of June - Corey Hart http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
17 | 14 | 21 | The Difference - The Wallflowers
18 | 29 | 02 | Candle in the Wind '97 - Elton John
19 | 15 | 21 | If Only You Could See - Tonic
20 | 24 | 16 | When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) - Great Big Sea http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
21 | 18 | 04 | Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Jon Bon Jovi
22 | 19 | 23 | Change - Sheryl Crow
23 | 22 | 09 | It Could Happen to You - Blue Rodeo http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
24 | 29 | 04 | Takes A Little Time - Amy Grant
25 | 23 | 24 | The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
26 | 40 | 24 | Push - Matchbox 20
27 | 41 | 02 | Got 'Til it's Gone - Janet
28 | 25 | 10 | Good Enough - Dodgy
29 | 16 | 09 | D'You Know What I Mean - Oasis
30 | 49 | 02 | On My Own - Peach Union
31 | 47 | 03 | The Sound of - Jann Arden http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
32 | 43 | 02 | 4 Seasons of Loneliness - Boyz II Men
33 | 35 | 06 | Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.
34 | 36 | 09 | Break My Stride - Unique II
35 | 33 | 11 | More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
36 | 27 | 18 | All For You - Sister Hazel
37 | 30 | 22 | Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
38 | 31 | 07 | No Tengo Dinero - Los Umbrellos
39 | 32 | 04 | Shed A Light - Roch Voisine http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
40 | 26 | 11 | Around the World - Daft Punk

41 | 44 | 04 | Making Love Out of Nothing At All - M-Appeal http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
42 | 45 | 03 | Lost Highway - Lori Yates http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
43 | 58 | 13 | Drinking in L.A. - Bran Van 3000 http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
44 | 54 | 07 | Congo - Genesis
45 | 38 | 05 | Just to See You Again - Tru Gz http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
46 | 43 | 27 | Your Woman - White Town
47 | 50 | 18 | I Wanna Be There - Blessed Union of Souls
48 | 37 | 13 | Numb - Holly McNarland http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
49 | 46 | 06 | Turn My Head - Live
50 | 42 | 21 | Sitting on Top of the World - Amanda Marshall http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG

10 years ago this week, here's what was in the Canadian Top 50 ...

TW | LW | WC | TITLE AND ARTIST

01 | 01 | 06 | Honey - Mariah Carey
02 | 02 | 12 | Where's the Love - Hanson
03 | 03 | 14 | Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
04 | 07 | 04 | Barbie Girl - Aqua
05 | 09 | 22 | Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
06 | 06 | 12 | Men in Black Theme - Will Smith
07 | 08 | 10 | I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy w/ Faith Evans
08 | 05 | 09 | Everybody - Backstreet Boys
09 | 04 | 12 | 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
10 | 12 | 04 | Foolish Games - Jewel
11 | 10 | 12 | Do You Know What it Takes - Robyn
12 | 20 | 02 | Anybody Seen My Baby? - The Rolling Stones
13 | 17 | 04 | Invisible Man - 98 Degrees
14 | 11 | 23 | Bitch - Meredith Brooks
15 | 21 | 08 | Fly - Sugar Ray
16 | 13 | 13 | Third of June - Corey Hart http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
17 | 14 | 21 | The Difference - The Wallflowers
18 | 29 | 02 | Candle in the Wind '97 - Elton John
19 | 15 | 21 | If Only You Could See - Tonic
20 | 24 | 16 | When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) - Great Big Sea http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
21 | 18 | 04 | Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Jon Bon Jovi
22 | 19 | 23 | Change - Sheryl Crow
23 | 22 | 09 | It Could Happen to You - Blue Rodeo http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
24 | 29 | 04 | Takes A Little Time - Amy Grant
25 | 23 | 24 | The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
26 | 40 | 24 | Push - Matchbox 20
27 | 41 | 02 | Got 'Til it's Gone - Janet
28 | 25 | 10 | Good Enough - Dodgy
29 | 16 | 09 | D'You Know What I Mean - Oasis
30 | 49 | 02 | On My Own - Peach Union
31 | 47 | 03 | The Sound of - Jann Arden http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
32 | 43 | 02 | 4 Seasons of Loneliness - Boyz II Men
33 | 35 | 06 | Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.
34 | 36 | 09 | Break My Stride - Unique II
35 | 33 | 11 | More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
36 | 27 | 18 | All For You - Sister Hazel
37 | 30 | 22 | Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
38 | 31 | 07 | No Tengo Dinero - Los Umbrellos
39 | 32 | 04 | Shed A Light - Roch Voisine http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
40 | 26 | 11 | Around the World - Daft Punk

41 | 44 | 04 | Making Love Out of Nothing At All - M-Appeal http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
42 | 45 | 03 | Lost Highway - Lori Yates http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
43 | 58 | 13 | Drinking in L.A. - Bran Van 3000 http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
44 | 54 | 07 | Congo - Genesis
45 | 38 | 05 | Just to See You Again - Tru Gz http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
46 | 43 | 27 | Your Woman - White Town
47 | 50 | 18 | I Wanna Be There - Blessed Union of Souls
48 | 37 | 13 | Numb - Holly McNarland http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
49 | 46 | 06 | Turn My Head - Live
50 | 42 | 21 | Sitting on Top of the World - Amanda Marshall http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG



When did Elton John enter the Canadian Charts with Candle In The Wind '97?

When did Elton John enter the Canadian Charts with Candle In The Wind '97?


September 8, 1997

September 8, 1997
Set to catch the world by storm.

Set to catch the world by storm.


A storm that dragged on for 3 years :\'(
The charts above (which no longer are in existance) were based on a combination of record company, record store and radio reports across Canada, so Elton's song never hit #1 and only stayed on the charts for a normal amount of weeks

But as a single sold in Canada, it reached #1 on the Singles Sales charts, and hovered the Top 40 for 3 years

Do you mean Junior year? You are two years older than me. Hmmm....  :-\\

No. I started my senior year in September of 1997, and finished it in June of 1998.


Besides, you just got through saying you began your Sophomore year, which is two years behind the Senior Year.

Meh.  My day job was starting to suck; was working 60 hours/7 days a week, getting sick all the time, and my relationship with my then-girlfriend (which became my wife and now ex-wife :P ) was being strained because of all the work.  I quit that job in February '98.  I had a nice apartment, my truck was still fairly new and I was DJing at a nightclub when I wasn't too sick to work; that's about all that was good that year. :P

No. I started my senior year in September of 1997, and finished it in June of 1998.


Besides, you just got through saying you began your Sophomore year, which is two years behind the Senior Year.


Well, it was because you said you started your Freshman year of High School this month, ten years ago. It didn't make sense. Recheck your original post - I swear I'm not going crazy  :D

Well, it was because you said you started your Freshman year of High School this month, ten years ago. It didn't make sense. Recheck your original post - I swear I'm not going crazy  :D



I meant to say Senior Year. I will go and edit my post.

September 27th:

1997 - Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.

September 28th...on this date 10 years ago, my family and I did the AIDS WALK for the second time. The course is 10 km (6.2 miles) long. This time, the weather was way too hot. :P

I meant to say Senior Year. I will go and edit my post.


No Problem, I guess that's why I was confused...  ;)

No Problem, I guess that's why I was confused...  ;)


Yes...I think it was a freudian slip. Either that or I must've been way too excited as I made my post. ;D

Yes...I think it was a freudian slip. Either that or I must've been way too excited as I made my post. ;D


Yes, I screwed up anyway, saying you were suppose to be starting your Junior year, too,  ;D Hey, we're only human  :D

Yes, I screwed up anyway, saying you were supposed to be starting your Junior year, too,  ;D Hey, we're only human  :D


Yes, I was in my junior year during the first half of 1997.

Yes, I was in my junior year during the first half of 1997.


Yeah, that was my boo boo  8) Looks like we got it all straightened out now  :)

Yeah, that was my boo boo  8) Looks like we got it all straightened out now  :)

Yes we did. I had a pretty interesting life back then. :)

Yes we did. I had a pretty interesting life back then. :)


Yeah, I wish I could say the same about mine,  ;D I was just doing a lot of schoolwork and I was drawing more and more. I was sorta a recluse at this time in my life.

October 4th 1997

The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million in cash which had been taken.

October 5th 1997

Death of Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)

October 5th 1997

YUM! Brands, Inc. is founded (then as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.) when Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell spin-off from PepsiCo.

October 12th 1997

Today ten years saw the sad death of John Denver, American singer (b. 1943)

Let's see I was early in my 5th grade year, I remember we all signed this thing "Class of 2001"...8th grade class, of course, and put it on the class window. 2001 seemed a while off then, let alone 2008! I still remember my desk and the people that sat next to me. The kids that are in 5th grade now were just being born at that time! I attended game 3 of the World Series, a few weeks from this time 10 years ago, probably the most memorable happening from this time in 1997.

October 14th 1997

Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS

October 14th 1997

Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS

which I was proud of 8)


That date was a Tuesday...which I remember very well. I was a senior in high school; my senior class went on a class picnic to Magic Mountain in Valencia; I hung around with some of my friends and went on rides that I had not previously gone on...and had a good time! At first I was scared to go on Colossus (one of the many roller coasters over there), but my friends convinced me that it would be fun. So I decided to think about the opening sequence of the sitcom "Step By Step" (which features Colossus in the first scene, right before the theme music starts)...and it was fun! My friends were planning on going on Batman The Ride after lunch, but I lucked out because I had to leave early (the reason for that being that I had a doctor's appointment scheduled for the afternoon).

October 15th 1997

The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom).

The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.

October 27th 1997 - Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early

October 28th 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains a record 337.17 points to close at 7,498.32.

October 31st 1997 - 19-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward, convicted by a Cambridge, Massachusetts, jury of second-degree murder the day before, is sentenced to life in prison.

October 28th 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains a record 337.17 points to close at 7,498.32.

...erasing much of the damage that had been done the previous day.

I was 21 but since I looked young for my age, my friends and I actually went trick-or-treating. I dressed up as a rocker baby by dying my hair pink while wearing overalls, a bib, and a soother. Afterwards, we went out clubbing and I got quite tipsy. I can't believe that was 10 years ago!

November 6, 1997


"Proposals," opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances
San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year

November 9th 1997 - Bret Hart loses to Shawn Michaels in the Montreal Screwjob.

November 10th 1997 - WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

November 11th 1997:


Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award
WNBA expands to Detroit and Washington D.C.

November 13th 1997:


"Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater New York City
Ken Griffey, Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP

November 16th 1997 - After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.

November 17th 1997 – Sixty-two people were killed by Islamic terrorists outside the Deir el-Bahri, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions, in Luxor.

November 19th 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive. They would go on to become the first set of septuplets to survive infancy, with all seven alive in 2007.

November 19th 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive. They would go on to become the first set of septuplets to survive infancy, with all seven alive in 2007.


I can't believe they're 10 years old now! That feels as if it were yesterday!  :o

I can't believe they're 10 years old now! That feels as if it were yesterday!  :o
Has there been any tv progammes dedicated to them?

Has there been any tv progammes dedicated to them?


Not that I'm aware of. I even looked online and all I could find was a wimpy article on them. Not even any pictures. I'm sure People Magazine will document it somehow. They've been following it ever since it happened.

It's been just about 10 years to the day since the movies Rainmaker (starring Matt Damon) and Anastasia (an animated film) hit theaters. I saw Rainmaker.

I went to a No Way Out Tour.  1997 was a party year for me.  20 years old!!!!!!

10 years have passed since the untimely death of INXS' original frontman, Mike Hutchence. :\'(

Gosh ten years ago, I was 11 years old.

I feel OLD!  :-[

Ten years ago, I was 17...and a high school senior. :o

This means my ten-year reunion happens next year already!!

November 25th 1997 - US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia.

November 28th 1997 - Kosovo Liberation Army, Albanian guerrilla group fighting for freedom of Kosovo, presents in front of the people of Kosovo.

I forgot to mention this yesterday, but on November 27th of 1997 (which was Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.), I watched Wheel Of Fortune, and two teachers from my high school appeared on the show! :D It was "Best Friends Week", and these two teachers won the game, and went on to the bonus round and solved the bonus puzzle (whose answer, for the record, was "Shipyard"). They won $42,000+ cash & prizes, and got a chance to come back at the end of the week, when they won an additional $10,200.

Ten years ago, I was 15 (almost 16) and around this time my Grandma lent some really old family photos to us to go through. This got me into our family history a lot and I learned about relatives I never knew about and some stories behind them. 

Ten years ago, I was 15 (almost 16) and around this time my Grandma lent some really old family photos to us to go through. This got me into our family history a lot and I learned about relatives I never knew about and some stories behind them. 

Interesting....for only the past few years, my parents have been doing research in their family history. We've learned a lot about our unknown relatives too! :)

December 3rd 1997 - In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.

December 11th 1997 - The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opens for signature.

December 11th 1997 - Fed judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows

December 12th 1997 Japanese Maglev train builders claim world speed record at 332 MPH

wow, 10 years ago I was 19... it feels like a couple years ago, not 10!!!

December 15th 1997 - San Francisco 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16

December 18th 1997 - HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.

Interesting....for only the past few years, my parents have been doing research in their family history. We've learned a lot about our unknown relatives too! :)


Yes, it's a lot of fun. Have you been helping them, too?

December 18th, 1997 - Chris Farley Dies  :-December 19th, 1997 - "Titanic" opens in theaters


Pretty big event in history considering it's the biggest money making film ever.

Yes, it's a lot of fun. Have you been helping them, too?

Oh yes...making sure that the dates are accurate, and seeing that everyone's name is spelled consistently.

In 1997, our family moved to our present location.  Then, I was a 5th grader.  Only God knows if in 2007, I'm smarter than a 5th grader. :)

Did anybody talk about the death of Princess Diana?  My dad told my brother and I about this on our way home from the store.  I felt for Diana; she was a sweet lady from what I've heard then and now.

On TV, Harry Friedman became executive producer of Jeopardy! (or was it Wheel of Fortune first?) Anywho, in '97, Mr. Friedman became executive producer of both programs.  Speaking of Jeopardy!, they changed their set to the "sushi-bar" style, lasting until 2003.

I think "Hero" by the Foo Fighters and "Brick" by Ben Folds Five was popular on modern rock radio at this time in 1997.

Yeah I remember reading about Farley in the paper back then, it was shocking to me seeing as how I watching a number of his movies in the '90s.

Titanic I saw in theaters around the time it came out, I can remember the crowds.

It has been almost 10 years since we lost Sonny Bono. :\'( :(

This exact day 10 years ago, we went out for my Grandmother's 69th birthday at Humphrey's Restaurant on the water. Now she's 79 :0)

^Amazing! Both of my grandmothers are still alive, at 86 (mom's mom) and 79 (dad's mom). My paternal grandmother will turn 80 this June.


On this date 10 years ago (Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998), I was at home all day, watching "I Love Lucy" videotapes.

^Amazing! Both of my grandmothers are still alive, at 86 (mom's mom) and 79 (dad's mom). My paternal grandmother will turn 80 this June.


On this date 10 years ago (Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998), I was at home all day, watching "I Love Lucy" videotapes.


Wow, good for her! 80 is quite a number to reach! My Grandmother won't be 80 until Jan. 3rd. 2009. I hope she makes it! She's my only living grandparent. My grandpa (her ex-husband) died in 2003 at 81. Both my Dad's parents have passed on, as well. His mother passed in 1980 and his dad passed in 2006.


Anyway, this time, 10 years ago, was my close friend's 16th birthday. Today, she turns 26. I think I went to her house and watched some movies, I believe we watched "Mission: Impossible" with Tom Cruise and also a movie with Jennifer Anniston. Also, I saw "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" for the first time.

December 18th, 1997 - Chris Farley Dies  :-December 19th, 1997 - "Titanic" opens in theaters


Pretty big event in history considering it's the biggest money making film ever.
...and amazingly, almost ten years on from it's release, it was last Saturday (30th December 2007) that I first saw the film...

...except for the last five minutes.

...and amazingly, almost ten years on from it's release, it was last Saturday (30th December 2007) that I first saw the film...

...except for the last five minutes.

What? December 30th of '07 was Sunday. Perhaps you meant the 29th?

What? December 30th of '07 was Sunday. Perhaps you meant the 29th?
Sorry, with my flu, I was mixed up with my days. I meant to say 29th December.

January 5th 1998 - An ice storm knocks out the electricity in Quebec and Ontario.

January 5th 1998 - An ice storm knocks out the electricity in Quebec and Ontario.

...and Sonny Bono dies in a skiing accident at age 62.

January 1998 -  Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys
January 2008 - Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys

Not much changed... same artists making hits or in the music scene.

Seriously, 10 years ago


Cartoon Network was good
Didn't have Sean Paul
Did not have snap music.  Snap music was jazz from the 1950s and Don't Worry, Be Happy.
Emo was underground
Disney Channel was Donald Duck and Goofy
MySpace was not even though of... Facebook did not even cross our mind.  AOL was same thing as MySpace.  Did have MySpace beta in Summer 1998.
Crunk was invented in 1997.
Stupid dances like Crank That was not even thought of or even predicted.
Telletubbies... teens and older kids like them... now we  pick on Telletubbies on YouTube
Video sharing was not even thought of until 2002 or so.
File sharing was in development
DVD's were expensive... No HD or Blu Ray!!
The only High School Musical I see was an actual High School Musical!!

January 5th 1998 - An ice storm knocks out the electricity in Quebec and Ontario.


January 5, 2008... A huge monster storm hits most of the West Coast, dumping 7 feet of snow and then some ice.   And huge heat wave across the US. Massive snow storm hits Ireland with rates of 7 inches per hour.  We are entering a ice age... global warming is a hoax!!  1998 it was everywhere and 2007 it was too.

January 1998 -  Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys
January 2008 - Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys

Not much changed... same artists making hits or in the music scene.




Hmmm, none of those are hardly at the peak they were in 1998. Janet Jackson hasn't had a hit for a few years, right? Celine Dion's recent album really does not get any airplay nor does the BS Boys or Spice Girls.

January 10-11, 1998...I was enjoying my last weekend of winter break before going back to school on the 12th.

Ten years ago I had an 11 day old baby and was completely freaked out that I was going to ruin her life.  Today I am completely freaked out because I have to deal with 5 ten year olds at her birthday party tomorrow. ;D

10 years ago i was 32 and working in Japan.  I lived alone in an apartment and was there for a year already.  Still a little uncomfortable.
But it was fun.

January 14th 1998 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).

January 16, 1998...was a Friday, so I was most likely in school.

January 17th 1998 - Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

January 17, 2008.  Not sure what I was going at the time.  I believe I working at a grocery store full-time.  I was probably working 10 years ago at this moment.

January 17th 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the Bill Clinton - Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report.

January 17th 1998 - Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

I remember hearing about that. Then other folks began accusing him...I'm not even gonna go into it. :-X :P




January 17, 2008.  Not sure what I was going at the time.  I believe I working at a grocery store full-time.  I was probably working 10 years ago at this moment.
...yes, but that was zero years ago. ;D ;D

January 21st 1998 - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

January 21st 1998 - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba



...and on that day, I thought I had lost my keys at school, but it turns out, I had left them all along!

I'll start - where were you when Princess Diana died? I was at my cousin's wedding.


the next moring at the breakfast table getting ready for school (elementary school lol i was 10) and it was on the news

October 12th 1997

Today ten years saw the sad death of John Denver, American singer (b. 1943)


oh wow that was 10 years ago? i remember that very well

November 19th 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive. They would go on to become the first set of septuplets to survive infancy, with all seven alive in 2007.


i just saw on nbc a special that they are 10 wow

December 19th, 1997 - "Titanic" opens in theaters


Pretty big event in history considering it's the biggest money making film ever.


i was so mad because my dad didnt take me to see it but he did buy me the tape(s) and i was so mad at the people because they killed off leonardo dicaprio lol i loved him then i was 10 lol

December 19th, 1997 - "Titanic" opens in theaters


Pretty big event in history considering it's the biggest money making film ever.


i was so mad because my dad didnt take me to see it but he did buy me the tape(s) and i was so mad at the people because they killed off leonardo dicaprio lol i loved him then i was 10 lol
It took me a decade to see this film, and I still did not see the last five minutes.

January 1998 -  Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys
January 2008 - Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys

Not much changed... same artists making hits or in the music scene.



ahh the good days lol still am always will be always was a huge BSB fan and the spice girls were my first concert and i liked celine dion to

as for the sonny bono thing 10 years? wow i remember this stuff like it was yesterday he skied into a pole or something didnt he

97 i was 10 years old and in 5th and 6th grade wow that seems so long ago im a jr in COLLEGE now lol

January 23, 1998...was a rather hectic day for me, but it ended on a positive note. At school, a certain lady friend of mine failed to come to my defense when this boy I'd never seen before was attacking me for no reason; the girl didn't do a thing about it, so I was heartbroken. (Reminder: I was a senior in high school then.) So I found the school police and described exactly what happen; while I told the officer about it, my friend happened by. She apologized to me for anything that may have bothered me, and hugged me. The officer suggested that if I find out any information about this boy, to report him ASAP. The good news is that I never saw him again after that.
I said things ended on a positive note that day...that's because I went to see the movie As Good As It Gets that night. I especilly liked Jack Nicholson's character, as well as the dog that was in the movie. :)

Late January 1998 - I don't have a lot of recollections of this part of the month in 1998. I was busy with schoolwork and was not too far off from turning 16. I think I did find out this month that my best friend's mother had a brain tumor, which saddened me quite a bit.  :(

I have plenty of recollections of Jan. 1998, some of which are eventful and others of which are not. ^ Sorry to hear about your best friend's mom, Kristen. :\'(

^ Thanks  :)

January 25th 1998:


During a historic visit to Cuba Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others.

...and Super Bowl XXXII was played in San Diego, CA, with the Denver Broncos defeating the Green Bay Packers, 34-21.

...and Super Bowl XXXII was played in San Diego, CA, with the Denver Broncos defeating the Green Bay Packers, 34-21.


I remember watching this. The Broncos would win the following year, as well.

January 26th 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton makes a  denial.

January 28th 1998 - Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.

January 29th 1998 - In Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph is suspected as the culprit.

I remember watching this. The Broncos would win the following year, as well.


I didn't watch it, but I do keep track of sports statistics. :) I did, however, remember watching the movie Men In Black, which we had rented; I think it had just been released on video at the time.

I was this time ten years ago when I was forced to go to a college and learn IT skills, without these skills I do not think I would be here today.

February 2nd 1998 - Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in New York City for cocaine overdose

February 3th 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. 

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

It was at this time ten years ago when I began the second half of my high school senior year...but not without a "screwup" in my program of classes. At first they'd put me in a math class which I wasn't supposed to be in. Not only because it was a math class that I had already taken, but also because the class was full of juniors, and I was a senior. So after a week, I dropped that class and replaced it with a "T.A." period. (I spent the period in the counseling office as a T.A., where I would help out with various office tasks.)

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

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

...on the former president's 87th birthday, appropriately enough. ::)



Also, Austrian recording artist Falco, best known for his 1985-86 hit "Rock Me Amadeus", was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 40, just a couple weeks shy of his 41st birthday. :\'( :\'(

On this day, in 1998, I was 19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o

On this day, in 1998, I was 19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :o  :o   :o   :o  :o   :o  :o   :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o
Just 19, or was it your 19th birthday?

Just 19, or was it your 19th birthday?

Probably not his birthday. He was probably just stating that his age happened to still be 19 then. I was still 17 then, as I am currently 27.

February 7th 1998 - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan.

February 7th 1998 - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan.

Oh yes, I remember that very well. In another week it'll be 20 years since the 15th Winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Canada.

^ Oh yes, me, too. I remember watching the opening ceremonies and especially the figure skating!

February 8th 1998 - First female ice hockey game in Olympic history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.

February 8th 1998 - First female ice hockey game in Olympic history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.

A historic moment!

A historic moment!
Is it on youTube?

Is it on youTube?

Could look for it...it just might be there.

Anyways, the Olympic Games were probably going on at this very moment 10 years ago.

February 10th 1998 - Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon that law.

February 13, 1998...was Friday the 13th!!

On that day, the movie "The Wedding Singer" opened in theaters in the U.S. The title character was played by Adam Sandler, and Drew Barrymore portrayed his love interest...who was engaged to another man.

February 14th 1998 - Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.

February 15th 1998 - Daytona 500: After twenty attempts, Dale Earnhardt, Sr wins his only Daytona 500.

February 13, 1998...was Friday the 13th!!

On that day, the movie "The Wedding Singer" opened in theaters in the U.S. The title character was played by Adam Sandler, and Drew Barrymore portrayed his love interest...who was engaged to another man.



And my family and I got to see this movie on the 15th.

And my family and I got to see this movie on the 15th.

...on  Sunday the 15th!!

February 18th 1998 - Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.

...on  Sunday the 15th!!


That's correct, Philip! I enjoyed the movie. :D


Anyhoo, on Wednesday, February 18, 1998, my Spanish class and I took a field trip to a restaurant to order food in Spanish. It was a Coco's restaurant (which no longer exists; it got bulldozed in 2000 after 30 years in business), and the menu was written in English (of course), but we had to mentally translate it into Spanish and tell our waitress (who spoke Spanish) what we wanted. For the record, I think I ordered a hamburguesa.

That's correct, Philip! I enjoyed the movie. :D


Anyhoo, on Wednesday, February 18, 1998, my Spanish class and I took a field trip to a restaurant to order food in Spanish. It was a Coco's restaurant (which no longer exists; it got bulldozed in 2000 after 30 years in business), and the menu was written in English (of course), but we had to mentally translate it into Spanish and tell our waitress (who spoke Spanish) what we wanted. For the record, I think I ordered a hamburguesa.
...and was it a hamburger you were served?

...and was it a hamburger you were served?


Si, senor. :D

That's correct, Philip! I enjoyed the movie. :D


Anyhoo, on Wednesday, February 18, 1998, my Spanish class and I took a field trip to a restaurant to order food in Spanish. It was a Coco's restaurant (which no longer exists; it got bulldozed in 2000 after 30 years in business), and the menu was written in English (of course), but we had to mentally translate it into Spanish and tell our waitress (who spoke Spanish) what we wanted. For the record, I think I ordered a hamburguesa.


We have a Cocos up here in Concord still. It hasn't been demolished just yet!  :)

We have a Cocos up here in Concord still. It hasn't been demolished just yet!  :)

We have various Cocos down here in Southern California as well...including one in Mission Hills, off the 118 freeway at Sepulveda Blvd. That one used to be a Bob's Big Boy.

Last time I was in Sunland (near where I used to live), there was a Cocos there, in a large shopping center. I dunno if it's still there or not, but I know it was there in 1990, when my family first went there...and in 2000, when we last went there.


Edit: Yes, I found out it still exists. http://www.yelp.com/biz/cocos-bakery-restaurant-sunland

We have various Cocos down here in Southern California as well...including one in Mission Hills, off the 118 freeway at Sepulveda Blvd. That one used to be a Bob's Big Boy.

Last time I was in Sunland (near where I used to live), there was a Cocos there, in a large shopping center. I dunno if it's still there or not, but I know it was there in 1990, when my family first went there...and in 2000, when we last went there.


Edit: Yes, I found out it still exists. http://www.yelp.com/biz/cocos-bakery-restaurant-sunland


Ahhh, that's good there's still a few more around! We actually had two in this general area. One was in Walnut Creek and the other in Concord (neighboring cities). Now only the Concord one exists. I remember eating at the Cocos in W.C., but can't pinpoint where the location was now.

Ahhh, that's good there's still a few more around! We actually had two in this general area. One was in Walnut Creek and the other in Concord (neighboring cities). Now only the Concord one exists. I remember eating at the Cocos in W.C., but can't pinpoint where the location was now.

Well, I've never been to that section of the state, but I'd like to go there at some point. :) Usually I'm good at remembering where various restaurants are.

While I'm on the subject, I believe there used to be one near where I currently live (in Oxnard, CA), but it's not there anymore. The building still exists, but now a pizza eatery occupies the building. It probably lost competition to a nearby Bakers Square.

Well, I've never been to that section of the state, but I'd like to go there at some point. :) Usually I'm good at remembering where various restaurants are.

While I'm on the subject, I believe there used to be one near where I currently live (in Oxnard, CA), but it's not there anymore. The building still exists, but now a pizza eatery occupies the building. It probably lost competition to a nearby Bakers Square.


Yeah, I have a great memory for landmarks - almost razorsharp - too.

That's too bad there isn't one near you like there use to be. They make some good pies :0) Speaking of Bakers Square, we used to have one also in Concord - it's now turned into a Chinese Buffet.

February 19th 1998 - U.S. hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan.

Yeah, I have a great memory for landmarks - almost razorsharp - too.

That's too bad there isn't one near you like there used to be. They make some good pies :0) Speaking of Bakers Square, we used to have one also in Concord - it's now turned into a Chinese Buffet.


Yeah, there's still a number of Bakers Squares around my area too. We love their pies.

Yeah, there's still a number of Bakers Squares around my area too. We love their pies.


That's great. I am glad they're still hanging in there. I was a bit scared thinking if ours closed, then they must all be closing, but luckily that hasn't been the case just yet  :)

February 20th 1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

February 20th 1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

A historic event in Olympic history!

On February 21, 1998, in California, use of area code 626 became mandatory, after an 8-month transition period.

On February 21, 1998, in California, use of area code 626 became mandatory, after an 8-month transition period.
Is that after the prefix 92 in the Zip Codes?

Is that after the prefix 92 in the Zip Codes?

No. Area codes are associated with the telephone. Here in the U.S., standard phone numbers are seven digits long (such as 867-5309). An area code is a 3-digit code attached to the beginning of a phone number, and is often surrounded with parentheses. Such as: (626) XXX-XXXX. People calling to telephones within their own area code just simply dial the number; if they are calling to another area code, they dial 1, followed by the area code, then the number (example: 1-888-867-5309).

No. Area codes are associated with the telephone. Here in the U.S., standard phone numbers are seven digits long (such as 867-5309). An area code is a 3-digit code attached to the beginning of a phone number, and is often surrounded with parentheses. Such as: (626) XXX-XXXX. People calling to telephones within their own area code just simply dial the number; if they are calling to another area code, they dial 1, followed by the area code, then the number (example: 1-888-867-5309).
Thank you, like London has 020-7XXX-XXXX for inner London and 020-8XXX-XXXX for the outer regions.

Thank you, like London has 020-7XXX-XXXX for inner London and 020-8XXX-XXXX for the outer regions.


Thanks Philip, we may have discussed this in the Zip Code thread at one time or another; I may or may not be sure.

Thanks Philip, we may have discussed this in the Zip Code thread at one time or another; I may or may not be sure.
Yes, I feel it has been cover somewhere here online.

February 25, 1998:

The Supreme Court threw out a 16-year-old government rule that allowed company credit unions to accept members from other companies. Kim Dae-jung, once South Korea's leading dissident, was inaugurated as its president. At the Grammy Awards, Bob Dylan won best album and best contemporary folk album for "Time Out of Mind," while Shawn Colvin won song and record of the year for "Sunny Came Home."

February 26th - 1998 Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial.

February 27th 1998 - Apple discontinues developing Newton computer

February 28th 1998 - First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.

March 2nd 1998 - Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

March 5th 1998 - NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water to support a human colony.

A day late, but...

March 9th, 1998...a certain girl who was constantly harassing me at school (I was a high school senior at the time; she was only a sophomore) was kicked out, and sent to a different school. She constantly called me by the incorrect name, and practically stalked me during 2nd period.
I kinda wish I had known about the Ozark Mountain Daredevils back then, since this chick's name was Jackie and her surname started with a 'B'. I could've made a parody about her to the tune of their most popular song.

I found out I was pregnant with my first son!

I found out I was pregnant with my first son!

So he's almost 10 years old then? Wow...time sure does fly when you're having fun. ;)

I found out I was pregnant with my first son!


I can't recall the exact date but it must have been sometime around now I found out I was pregnant with my daughter.

March 14th 1998 - An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hits southeastern Iran.

I can't recall the exact date but it must have been sometime around now I found out I was pregnant with my daughter.


Aw, was she born around December?]

Aw, was she born around December?]




Mid-November

On March 14, 1998 (the day after Friday the 13th!!), my family and I saw the movie Good Will Hunting. It was a good movie, despite all the truckload of obscenities used in the various scenes.

March 16th 1998 - Pope John Paul II apologises for inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust.

March 20, 1998 was a Friday...I don't remember much about that day, except for going to school. Nothing eventful really happened in my life that day, I guess.

In 1998, I was 15 years old and was watching a whole lot of Cartoon Network.  Especially Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

March 27th 1998 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.

It was about this time of the year ten years ago when my mum met her first husband (Never married my father. To this day I know almost nothing about him nor have I ever met him. I have no desire to) over a pen-pal program. From the beginning I was worried as she kept mentioning him more and more, and was planning to go to Greece to see him.

March 29 1998 - The year my childhood went ass up

March 31st 1998 - Netscape releases the code base of its browser under an open-source license agreement; the project is given the code name Mozilla and would eventually be spun off into the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.

April 1st 1998 - Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against President Bill Clinton is thrown out of court

^Amen to that ;)

On April 2nd, 1998, I attended what would be my last "Open House" of high school.

April 5th 1998 – Japan's Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, linking Awaji Island and Kobe, opened to traffic, becoming the longest suspension bridge in the world to date with a main span length of 1,991 metres (6,532 ft).

April 6th 1998 - Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of hitting India.

April 10th 1998 - The Belfast Agreement is signed.

1998 I was 8 my aunt still lived in her old house which I miss alot I spent alot of my childhood at that house sadley she rented it out

In April 1998 I was down to the last couple months of my senior year in high school...working my a** off to graduate.

April 12th 1998 - An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale near the town of Bovec.

April 12th 1998 - An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale near the town of Bovec.


and that was Easter Sunday in the world of Christianity, as I recall.

10 years ago I was in later part of 5th grade and nearly 11. I remember I was playing on the baseball team around this time in 1998, the only time I ever really played sports in school and I was horrible (I only hit the ball twice, both foul balls).

April 20th 1998 - German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.

April 20th 1998 - German terrorist group Red Army Faction announces their dissolution after 28 years.

...and my parents took a mini-vacation up north to Pismo Beach. I couldn't come, because I needed to be in school. So I stayed with my two uncles, who picked me up from, and took me to, school. Best of all, since I was a senior at the time, I didn't have to come to school until later in the day (10:00 AM, I think) because the non-seniors had a standardized test that they were taking.

When my parents got back, on Wednesday the 22nd, they brought back a stuffed animal (rabbit) that served as an "eye pillow" because its tummy was filled with lavender and flaxseed, and we used it whenever we felt stressed. It especially came in handy for me the next two months, as I prepared to graduate from high school.

I recently took a picture of it, so I can share it with you guys on one of the photo threads sometime soon. :)

April 22nd 1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

I don't recall specifically what I was doing on this day 10 years ago, but at the time, I was in nursing school, so I was probably studying my tail off for a degree that I never finished.  That's a little depressing to think about lol.

April 22nd 1998 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.



...and my parents returned from their mini-vacation in Pismo Beach. While they were there, they stopped at Sycamore Mineral Springs in Avila Beach (to the immediate northwest), and at the gift shop, they found a series of "Cuddle Chums" (stuffed animals with silk tummies filled with lavender and flaxseed) and bought the rabbit, which was named Abercrombie. He came in handy for whenever I felt stressed.

Attached below is a picture of him, which I took with my digital camera four months ago.

Edit: Each "Cuddle Chum" comes with a "sleeping bag", which not only serves as a storage for it, but also helps preserve the fragrance.

May 2nd 1998 - The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the EU's monetary policy.

...and I was preparing to graduate from high school, staying up late practically every night to work on homework!

May 3, 1998: I went shopping at the grocery store by myself; we needed to get some milk, so I bought a carton of it.

May 4th 1998 - A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

Also in May 1998, the "El Nino" weather conditions were continuing along the southern coast of California.

Also in May 1998, the "El Nino" weather conditions were continuing along the southern coast of California.
The weather pattern has a 4/5 year cycle for "El Nino", was the weather bad that year?

May 7th 1998 - Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.

The weather pattern has a 4/5 year cycle for "El Nino", was the weather bad that year?

We just had lots of rainy days...into the month of May!

Before the day is done, and I go offline for the weekend, I would like to share a memory I have from May 9, 1998:

I helped out at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles, with other fellow students from my high school, in guiding blind children through an obstacle course. It was quite an interesting experience. I did this as part of a "community service" requirement I had in high school.

May 13th 1998 - Race riots broke out in Jakarta,Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants were looted. India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.

...and on THIS day ten years ago, we had more wet/rainy weather! :o In fact, it was that same day when I gave a weather report in my Spanish class.

On May 14, 1998, two long-running things came to an end:

Frank Sinatra's life. He died of heart failure at the age of 82. :\'(
The TV sitcom "Seinfeld", which had been on the air for eight years.

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

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


I remember this happening real well.

May 18th 1998 - United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file an antitrust case against Microsoft.

Went to Great America for my 16th B-Day!

May 21st 1998 – Indonesian President Suharto resigned following the collapse of support for his three-decade long reign.

...and I attended my "Grad Nite" at Disneyland! Actually, we got to Disneyland after midnight, so the majority of the event happened on the 22nd. But still, the festivities began on the evening of the 21st as we reported to the school and got on the bus. My parents volunteered to be chaperones at the event. It was my first time ever staying up all night; I will discuss more details on this thread tomorrow.

...and I attended my "Grad Nite" at Disneyland! Actually, we got to Disneyland after midnight, so the majority of the event happened on the 22nd. But still, the festivities began on the evening of the 21st as we reported to the school and got on the bus. My parents volunteered to be chaperones at the event. It was my first time ever staying up all night; I will discuss more details on this thread tomorrow.
Was Disneyland deserted or was it still crowded with people?

May 22nd 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: A federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.

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

Was Disneyland deserted or was it still crowded with people?

During the wee hours, it was only open to students, faculty members, and chaperones, of schools that had their Grad Nites that night.

I said I was gonna talk about it in more detail, so, here goes.

We arrived at Disneyland after midnight, and we all entered the park through Critter Country rather than through the main entrance. I met up with three friends of mine from school, and hung around with them through the nighttime (actually, "early morning"). About 1:00 we began walking through the park, figuring out what attractions we wanted to go on. We decided first to go on Star Tours, which is in the Tomorrowland area. (Speaking of which, there were new attractions that were set to open six hours later, when the park opened to the public, so we didn't get a sneak peek at them!) My friends and I waited in line behind some other people we knew at school. From there we went towards the Frontierland area, where we rode the Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road. Along the way, I bought a souvenir: a "glowy thing". Then we (any reference of "we" in this post from here on in refers to my friends and me) rode the Pirates Of The Caribbean, after which my friends decided to ride Splash Mountain, but I chose not to. My friends understood, so during the 20 minutes they rode Splash Mountain, I sat alone on a bench nearby. During that time, a group of girls from another school walked by and asked me to take a picture of them with their disposable camera; I gladly obliged. When my friends returned from Splash Mountain, we headed over to the Indiana Jones Adventure ride (which had opened three years earlier) and waited in line for 35 minutes (3:40 to 4:15) before getting on the ride. (The duration of the ride itself was 7 minutes.)
So then we walked over to the Main Street area, browsed around in the shops, and had a little snack. By 5:00, everyone was beginning to head back towards the buses; my friends and I left by 5:30, when the sun was beginning to rise. By 6:00, most everyone was back to their assigned buses, and we left the premises about 10 minutes later. We returned to the school between 7:15 and 7:30; my parents got back shortly thereafter. We got home at 8:00 and rested.

During the wee hours, it was only open to students, faculty members, and chaperones, of schools that had their Grad Nites that night.

I said I was gonna talk about it in more detail, so, here goes.

We arrived at Disneyland after midnight, and we all entered the park through Critter Country rather than through the main entrance. I met up with three friends of mine from school, and hung around with them through the nighttime (actually, "early morning"). About 1:00 we began walking through the park, figuring out what attractions we wanted to go on. We decided first to go on Star Tours, which is in the Tomorrowland area. (Speaking of which, there were new attractions that were set to open six hours later, when the park opened to the public, so we didn't get a sneak peek at them!) My friends and I waited in line behind some other people we knew at school. From there we went towards the Frontierland area, where we rode the Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road. Along the way, I bought a souvenir: a "glowy thing". Then we (any reference of "we" in this post from here on in refers to my friends and me) rode the Pirates Of The Caribbean, after which my friends decided to ride Splash Mountain, but I chose not to. My friends understood, so during the 20 minutes they rode Splash Mountain, I sat alone on a bench nearby. During that time, a group of girls from another school walked by and asked me to take a picture of them with their disposable camera; I gladly obliged. When my friends returned from Splash Mountain, we headed over to the Indiana Jones Adventure ride (which had opened three years earlier) and waited in line for 35 minutes (3:40 to 4:15) before getting on the ride. (The duration of the ride itself was 7 minutes.)
So then we walked over to the Main Street area, browsed around in the shops, and had a little snack. By 5:00, everyone was beginning to head back towards the buses; my friends and I left by 5:30, when the sun was beginning to rise. By 6:00, most everyone was back to their assigned buses, and we left the premises about 10 minutes later. We returned to the school between 7:15 and 7:30; my parents got back shortly thereafter. We got home at 8:00 and rested.
You must had slept well when you got home?

May 28th 1998 - Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions.

You must had slept well when you got home?

I did...I was tired. I slept from 8 AM (or shortly thereafter) until about 3 in the afternoon.


Edit: On this date 10 years ago, comedian Phil Hartman was shot to death by his wife in a murder-suicide. :\'(

May 30th 1998 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.

^and on that day, my mom and I went to the Los Angeles Public Library in downtown L.A. to do research on careers. I had only three weeks of high school left!

And my ten year reunion is only four weeks away now.

June 2nd 1998 - The CIH computer virus is discovered in Taiwan.

...and I was getting ready to graduate from high school! I was staying up late most nights, completing assignments for all my classes.

June 3rd 1998 - Eschede train disaster: an ICE high speed train derails in Lower Saxony, Germany, causing 101 deaths.

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 lasted seven weeks).

^I seem to remember hearing about that. And of course, I only had 2 weeks left of high school!

I remember one of my friends going on a marijuana fueled rant about Phil Hartman getting shot.

Let's see...I was staying up late just about every night trying to get homework assignments done.

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

I was in my final week of high school! (That is, before final exams.)

June 12th 1998 - The Philippines celebrates its centennial year of Independence from Spain.

June 13, 1998: Area code 323 goes into effect in California, replacing all parts of 213 except for Downtown Los Angeles. There would be a seven-month transition period for the area code; use of it was mandatory beginning on January 16, 1999.

June 19, 1998: I graduated from high school!!! ;D :D 8) :)

June 19, 1998: I graduated from high school!!! ;D :D 8) :)

...and on THIS day (June 20), we had a party! :D

June 25th 1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.

June 27th 1998 - Opening of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia.

July 6th 1998 – Hong Kong International Airport, built on the island of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, opened for commercial operations, becoming one of the world's busiest airports.

Let's see...I was still trying to decide which community college I wanted to attend. I ultimately decided on one that was close to where I was then living...L.A. Mission College.

July 11, 1998: I celebrated my 18th birthday with my family... first we went to see the movie "Six Days, Seven Nights"; then we drove to Ventura and had a nice dinner at a seafood restaurant on the pier.

July 12, 1998: For some reason I felt sick all day. 8-P

July 12, 1998: For some reason I felt sick all day. 8-P
I wonder how that happened?

July 17th 1998 – An international diplomatic conference in Rome organised by the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Rome Statute, establishing the International Criminal Court.

July 20th 1998 - Two hundred aid workers from CARE International, Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups leave Afghanistan on orders of the Taliban.

July 24th 1998 - Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.

Even though today is still the 24th where I'm at, I will talk about a memory I have from July 25, 1998...

It was a Saturday; my family and I went to the Orange County Fair in the evening and saw a series of classic rock cover bands perform various classic rock tunes.

August 1, 1998... my mom began a new job in Downey, California; she would only keep the job for 11 months, due to a family emergency situation in May/June 1999.

August 3, 1998: Puppeteer Shari Lewis, best known for manning the Lamb Chop puppet, died at the age of 65.

August 10th 1998 - The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei.

August 15-16, 1998: my family and I were spending a weekend in Oxnard, CA, at what was then known as a Radisson hotel; little did we know that we'd be living near there 2 1/2 years later! Anyway, it was my last weekend before starting college.

August 17th 1998 - Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about his relationship.

...and while all that was going on, I began my college life! :D It was my first day at Los Angeles Mission College, a community college in the north part of the city of Los Angeles (Sylmar). I only had one class that day: Introduction To Computers And Their Uses. I would begin my other two classes the next day. At first I didn't know anybody, since it was a brand new place/environment/setting for me, but I began to meet people as time went on. (However, in September, I would meet up again with a girl who had graduated from high school with me.)

August 18, 1998: I began my other two classes in my first college semester: Physical Geography (an earth science) and Trigonometry (a math class, which I aced).

August 20th 1998 – The Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan was destroyed by a bombing attack launched by the United States in retaliation for the August 7 U.S. embassy bombings.

...and I was finishing my first week of college. (I only had classes Monday-Thursday, so this day was my last day of my first week.)

I was managing a group home,  and all of my kids were still living home being 16,14, and 8. I never had time for anything.... God was 10 years ago? Seems like last week.I have since retired for health reasons. From work not parenting  8)
Now no kids live home, I am a Grandma. We of course have moved from Ct. to Fla.
Men in Black is 10 years old!!!! Geeze the time sure goes by much too quickly

Men in Black is 10 years old!!!! Geeze the time sure goes by much too quickly

Technically 11 now (since it came out in '97). Still, you are right about the time going by too quickly.

But 'Titanic' (which hit theaters in late '97) was still in theaters 10 yrs ago this month. ::) It would finally be released on video on the first of September.

August 24th 1998 - First RFID human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.

I was suffering from major morning sickness from my first son's pregnancy 8-P

August 27th 1998 - Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.

On August 28, 1998, I got my very first cell phone. I've had to replace it at least 3 times since then, either due to an upgrade or a malfunction.

  Ten years ago today I don't know what I was doing...

August 31st 1998 - North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.

I believe I was getting myself prepared for college.
Summer of '98 was my first summer fresh out of highschool.

One of the best times of my life  :)

^same here!

In September 1998 I was enjoying my life as a community college student. September 1st was a Tuesday, and I don't remember anything specific from that day...but I do know that I went to my geography and trigonometry classes.

September 2nd 1998 – Swissair Flight 111 en route from New York City to Geneva crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 229 on board.

September 2nd 1998 - The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.

10 years ago the date was 9/8/98...how 'bout that?! It was a Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, so I probably had my two classes that day. Nothing eventful. :-\\

September 11th 1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.

I think it's been just about 10 years since Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both broke the record for most home runs in a single-season!

September 15th 1998 - WorldCom and MCI Communications finish their landmark merger, forming MCI WorldCom which would later be renamed WorldCom and become the largest bankruptcy in United States history.

September 18th 1998 - ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is formed.

September 18, 1998, was the day I saw the movie Rush Hour at a movie theater.

Around this time I accepted a new job (although still at the same university).  I didn't start my new job until Feb 22nd the next year.  I had maternity leave inbetween

Around this time in 1998 I was only 9 years old and doing a paper route every morning.

9/20/98 - Wasn't this about the time that the whole Lewinsky thing blew up? Or maybe it was earlier in the year, although once the word got out, we never stopped hearing of it! I was about 16, starting my junior year in highschool. This time of the year is a bit of a blur for me, but I think this was close to the time my aunt and cousin were about to move in with us and live with us for a short time.

^Yeah, I think it was about this time of the year...although as early as January I think the whole nonsense may have started. ::) Why couldn't they just leave well enough alone with him?


Anyway, I do remember it was on this date when Cal Ripken Jr. ended his long-running streak of 2,632 consecutive MLB games played. (Incidentally, his streak began just a few days after ^ was born!)

October 1st 1998 - Vladimir Putin became a permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

In October 1998, I was enjoying my second month as a college student. I was also playing FreeCell on the computer in my spare time, trying to win all the deals. October 5th was a Monday, so I had just one class that day: Intro to Computers and Their Uses.

October 8th 1998 - Oslo Gardermoen airport opening after the close down of Fornebu.

October 11th 1998 - A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people.

October 14th 1998 - Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.

This was my last week working in the Physics Department before starting my maternity leave.

In sports, the San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Knaves (Braves) to advance to the World Series for the first time in 14 years.

October 16th 1998 - Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges.

October 19th 1998 - The Earth Liberation Front sets fire to the Vail Mountain ski resort in Vail, Colorado, causing $12 million in damage.

And during the weekend of October 17-18, 1998, the Yankees took the first two games of the World Series against the Padres...which I was disappointed about. :-\\

October 20, 1998: Yankees took Game 3 of the World Series, in San Diego against the Padres.

missed this yesterday...

October 21, 1998: Yankees complete their sweep the World Series, 4 games to none, from the San Diego Padres. :(

October 23rd 1998 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.

October 24th 1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission

October 28th 1998 - An Air China (Mainland China) jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.

October 29th 1998 – After more than three decades, 77-year old John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-95, to study the effects of space flight on the elderly.

October 31st 1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors

On November 3, 1998, I got to vote for the first time. :) My state, California, elected a new governor, Democrat Gray Davis (who turned out to be a flop for many), and the state also approved a few ballot measures.

November 9th 1998 - Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.

November 9th 1998 - Brokerage houses are ordered to pay 1.03 billion USD to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for their price-fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.

Let's see...on November 11-12, 1998, I was working on a paper for my geography class, which I had to use internet sources to obtain information. It was due a week later.

Let's see...on November 11-12, 1998, I was working on a paper for my geography class, which I had to use internet sources to obtain information. It was due a week later.


  Lucky dog...

   Lucky dog...

It was my first time ever using the internet for a report.

November 12th 1998 - Vice President of the United States Al Gore symbolically signs the Kyoto Protocol.

November 12th 1998 - Daimler-Benz completes a merger with Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler.

It was my first time ever using the internet for a report.


The year before this I had used the web to find some stuff for a Masters report.  It was hard to work out how to write the reference correctly because a standardised format hadn't been set up.

I forgot to put on Sunday 16th.  I gave birth to my daughter Elizabeth

I forgot to put on Sunday 16th.  I gave birth to my daughter Elizabeth
Happy belated birthday Elizabeth.

November 19th 1998 - Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for $71.5 million USD.

November 19th 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

November 20th 1998 - The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched.

November 22nd 1998 - Albania constitution adopted by popular referendum.

November 23rd 1998 - Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh.

November 26th 1998 - Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.

10 years ago I was writing messages on a board on inthe80s.com. Apparently not much has changed.

Ten years ago, I'm just going to go back to my first year of college and thasnksgiving. The night before, I drank a little too much, and well... I think that about sums it up.

However, it was one of the funnest nights of my life.

Partying the college life in the heart of San Francisco, I loved it.

November 28th 1998 – The current Constitution of Albania, sanctioning a parliamentary republic, people's sovereignty, fundamental rights of the citizens, and other important points, was ratified via a voter-approved referendum

December 1st 1998 - Exxon announces a $73.7 billion USD deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.

December 4th 1998 - The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.

December 6th 1998 - Hugo Chávez Frías, Venezuelan military and politician, is elected President of Venezuela.

December 8th 1998 - Tadjena massacre: 81 people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.

10 years ago I was in 10th grade and already going to clubs for all ages jams, though at the time I was heavily into current r&b/hip hop and had been ignoring my love for 80's for awhile

December 11th 1998 - A Thai Airways Airbus A310-200 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101.

Dec. 11th 1998 -  I believe may have spent part of the day with one of my friends who turned 17 this year. She and I were like 6 months apart, so we were in the same grade. I remember this year we got a HUGE 9ft. Christmas tree and had to have 4 to 5 people hold it up while we screwed it into the tree stand. It was around this time when this happened.

December 16th 1998 – Operation Desert Fox: The United States and United Kingdom launched a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraq.

December 19th 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.

12/20/1998 - We were getting ready for Christmas. I remember my mom and I were desperate for a Christmas tree and we got my brother and my Aunt and Cousin, who were living with us at the time, to help us purchase one at our Church. We got a 9ft. tree! I think it was the biggest we ever bought! We had to have a lot of help getting that sucker up! Also, I was almost 17, just about 5 months away from the day!

December 19th 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.



I was on my Boy Scout campout during my 6 month experiment with the Boy Scouts until I got sick of it lol, I remember we were in the cabin and on the radio they were covering the vote in the house.

December 29th 1998 - Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over 1 million.

December 31st 1998 – Exchange rates between the euro and legacy currencies in the Eurozone become fixed.

January 1st 1999 – The euro, the official currency of the European Union's Eurozone, was introduced.

January 1st 1999 – The euro, the official currency of the European Union's Eurozone, was introduced.



And people were beginning to count down to the year 2000! :D

January 2nd 1999 - A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported.

January 3rd 1999 - The Mars Polar Lander was launched.

In early 1999, I was enjoying my first winter break of my college life. Just hangin' out at home, while my mom was working in Downey (southeast of L.A.); little did she know that she'd be working elsewhere later in the year.

My Grandma turned 70 years old this year (Jan. 3rd), as my brother turned 20 years old and my Dad 50 years old. This time ten years ago, I was also on winter break and almost done with my Junior year of High School (5 months to go!) This was probably the last month we went without having an internet connection. We finally got the internet in February. It pretty much changed our lives.

...which reminds me, it was 10 years ago this month when I first signed up for e-mail!

This is late, but New years 1998 - 1999 was one of the biggest parties I've ever had.

Back in my first year of college when I abused alcohol.

Ahhh...an interesting year, that!  In that year, I was in a two-year college for the third year.  Nobody who is a music major there graduates in two years.  It isn't humanly possible.  And in that year, my choir teacher flipped out on all us students and especially a few students in particular.  Which caused the department chair to get involved to defend the students, which caused a huge argument between the choir director and her, which caused the band director to get involved to try to mediate.  At which point, the choir director--who, I might add, was sleeping with a former student, someone less than half his age 8-P--started accusing his own assistant, one of the students whom he had attacked in the first place, of sleeping with the band director.  And then there were all of us regular students who were caught in the middle of all this insanity. We were batted around like ping-pong balls. Doesn't that sound like so much fun???  What happened in the end is that psycho choir director ended up inadvertently, with his shenanigans, convincing the school's board of directors not to renew his contract, he ended up marrying the girl and they had a kid and moved to Houston.  And then, a couple of years later, she ended up leaving him and taking him to the cleaners just like she did her first husband.  Ray Charles could've seen that one coming.

This is late, but New years 1998 - 1999 was one of the biggest parties I've ever had.

Back in my first year of college when I abused alcohol.

I was in my first year of college, too, but I never touched the stuff. Not only because I was underage, but also because I knew better...and furthermore, I have no desire to ever be drunk.

Anyway...January 11, 1999, was the day I began my second semester. I began taking a night class for the first time: intro to psychology.

On January 12, 1999 (Tuesday), I began my Tuesday/Thursday classes: (1) Health, and (2) Computer Applications, both of which met in the daytime.

January 15th 1999 - Celebrated my 19th birthday


Today - Celebrating my 29th birthday

January 15th 1999 - Celebrated my 19th birthday


Today - Celebrating my 29th birthday


Happy birthday 90steen!! :)

January 19th 1999 - British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.

January 20th 1999 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés.

January 21st 1999 - War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kg (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.

January 22, 1999...I signed up for my very first e-mail account! :D

January 31, 1999:
Super Bowl XXXIII was played, in Miami's Pro Player Stadium; the Denver Broncos defeated the Atlanta Falcons, 34-19.

February 7, 1999: King Hussein of Jordan died at age 63; he was succeeded to the throne by his eldest son, Abdullah.

February 16th 1999 - In Uzbekistan, a bomb explodes and gunfire is heard at the government headquarters in an apparent assassination attempt against President Islom Karimov.

February 16th 1999 - Across Europe, Kurdish rebels take over embassies and hold hostages after Turkey arrested one of their rebel leaders, Abdullah Öcalan.

I was getting ready to go back to work after taking some maternity leave.  I was starting a new job.

February 19th 1999 - President Bill Clinton issues a posthumous pardon for U.S. Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.

February 27th 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.

..and on that day, I was doing campaign work for a candidate who was running for city council. I was doing this as part of a requirement for my Political Science class, which I seemed to enjoy.

I was 22 years old, going to church, singing in the Young Adult choir, performing in church concerts and everything.  I didn't listen to a lot of RnB.  I was mostly listening to gospel at the time.

March 5th 1999 - Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.

march 5th 1999 Angel of Mine by Monica had spend it forth week at number one

Here's something that's weird. I can almost believe 1998 was as long ago as it was, but 1999 being 10 years ago makes no sense to me. It feels more like 5 years ago. I don't know exactly why.\. Maybe it's the internet. I didn't log on to the internet until a day or two after Christmas of 1998. Maybe 1998 seems older because I didn't have the intrest for virtually the entire years.

March 8th 1999 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.

Let's see...on Tuesday, March 9, 1999...I remember I had a midterm exam in my health class. I'd stayed up late the previous night studying for it so I could do well.

March 11th 1999 - Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

Macrh 12th 1999 - Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

Macrh 12th 1999 - Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.


This date was a Friday that year, so I did not have classes. I was glad to be at home. :)

This date was a Friday that year, so I did not have classes. I was glad to be at home. :)
Today is a Friday and I am glad to be at home too!

Today is a Friday and I am glad to be at home too!


And on Saturday, March 13, 1999...I'm pretty sure I was probably at home too.

I'll start - where were you when Princess Diana died? I was at my cousin's wedding.



I had just come home from work and turned on the tv.  I think it was Saturday Night Live that was interrupted when I first saw the news.  I thought it was a joke at first, because you know how Saturday Night Live can be, but when I realized it was true, I felt so sorry for her boys. I was really hoping she just faked her death and was happy on some island in the Pacific, but it was just all too sad.

March of 1999, I was having the time of my life. I had a great boyfriend and was working two jobs.  My main job was with AT&T and the other was with The Orlando Magic.. I was making good money, going to lots of NBA games for free, and had everything I wanted at the time.

I was in rehab  :-\\

March 20th 1999 - Legoland California, the only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California.

March 21st 1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.

March 24th 1999 – Kosovo War: NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.

Since I was away from here all day yesterday, I did not get a chance to mention something that happened on March 29, 1999:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 for the first time ever...namely at 10,006.78.

Since I was away from here all day yesterday, I did not get a chance to mention something that happened on March 29, 1999:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 for the first time ever...namely at 10,006.78.
What is the Dow Jones today?

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

April 7th 1999 – The World Trade Organisation rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.

April 8th 1999 – Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.

April 9th 1999 – Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, President of Niger, is assassinated.

And my family and I were out celebrating my dad's birthday near the ocean.

April 14th 1999 – A storm dropped an estimated 500,000 tonnes of hailstones in Sydney and along the east coast of New South Wales, causing about A$2.3 billion in damages, the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history

April 19th 1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.

April 20th, 1999: the Columbine High Massacre took place in Littleton, Colorado. :\'( :\'( :\'(

April 29th1999 – The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Let's see...by the end of April 1999, my uncle had been admitted into a convalescent hospital, and during the final week of the month, his liver had quit functioning. He'd had hepatitis C (which he'd contracted from a blood transfusion after a car accident in 1978, and he never did anything about it)...and we went to visit him one last time on April 30th. He was gone two days later. :\'(

April 30th 1999 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.

Let's see...by the end of April 1999, my uncle had been admitted into a convalescent hospital, and during the final week of the month, his liver had quit functioning. He'd had hepatitis C (which he'd contracted from a blood transfusion after a car accident in 1978, and he never did anything about it)...and we went to visit him one last time on April 30th. He was gone two days later. :\'(

And ten years ago today...Sunday, May 2, 1999...was the day he died. He was only 44 years old.

Friday, May 7, 1999...was the day of my uncle's funeral.

The next two weeks+ would be very stressful for my grandmother.

May 8th 1999 – Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.

2 years after my first wisdom tooth!!!  :o

May 12th 1999 – David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.

May 14, 1999: my grandma had a quadruple-bypass heart surgery, which was successful. She needed it desperately, otherwise she would probably not still be with us today.

May 25th1999 – The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.

May 27th 1999 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

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


I happen to remember that that day was a Friday; and I know that my grandma was back home from her quadruple-bypass surgery. My mom and I spent the day with her, and even took her to a doctor's appointment in the morning.

Later, that night, I spent my first night at home by myself! (And now, ten years later, I have the house to myself for the second straight night, but for a completely different reason.)

In may of 1999 I was partying with my little sister...  :-[

The end of the month was Memorial Day weekend, and I remember listening to 80s music on the radio for most of the weekend. This one radio station in the Los Angeles area often did that on holiday weekends from 1997 through 2001 (with the exception of Memorial Day 2000 and Fourth Of July 2001).

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

May 29th 1999 – Charlotte Perrelli wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 for Sweden in Jerusalem, Israel with the song Take Me to Your Heaven.

In June 1999 I was basically hangin' out at home. I had just finished my first year of college, and I had no work or anything else going on. I was doing some personal projects on the computer, I remember that much.

This was also the month that my mom was resigning from her job in Downey, after working there for 11 months. On this date (Monday, June 28, 1999), I helped her move her belongings out of her office and throw out other junk that was in there. Her last day there was the 30th.

July 1st 1999 – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.

July 1st 1999 – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.


Yep, and it was only 6 more months until Y2K!

Yep, and it was only 6 more months until Y2K!


Is it just me or does Y2K feel like less than 10 years ago?

Is it just me or does Y2K feel like less than 10 years ago?

I know, the time just flies, doesn't it?!

I remember my life in July 1999 as if it was just a short time ago.

July 5th 1999 – President Clinton imposed trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

From July 6 through 9th, 1999...my family and I went to the Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Resort in Oxnard, to get away for a few days. It was relaxing and fun to do.

Little did we know that we'd be living in that city a year and a half later!!

July 9th 1999 – Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of theran.

July 11, 1999 ~ It was my 19th birthday; my parents took me to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific on that day, and I had a great time checking out all the aquatic creatures and observing what was around me. Quite interesting. For late lunch/early dinner we ate at an Italian restaurant in Bellflower.

July 13, 1999: In the All-Star Game, played at Boston's Fenway Park, the American League defeated the National League, 4-1; it was the third straight victory for the A.L.

July 15, 1999: The Seattle Mariners opened their new stadium, Safeco Field, only to lose the first game there to the San Diego Padres, 3-2.


Also, I went bowling with my family and bowled my best game ever to date, 109.

July 16th 1999 – John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn, and sister-in-law Lauren are killed in a plane crash on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.

July 16th 1999 – John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn, and sister-in-law Lauren are killed in a plane crash on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.


Omg, I remember that too. It was the next morning when they were feared to have been killed. :\'(


Also, my mom began a new job, which she would keep for 3 years.

July 18, 1999: As mentioned in the sports history thread... the New York Yankees (American League) defeated the Montreal Expos (National League) 6-0, in the only perfect game in interleague history thus far. David Cone earned the win. Too bad the Yankees (aka Evil Empire...who would later win their second straight World Series) weren't at the receiving end of this game! :(

Lets see....in 1997 I was only 10 or 11 years old so I probably was in class when I heard that Princess Di had passed away. Such a sad passing of such a caring and nice individual.  :\'(

Lets see....in 1997 I was only 10 or 11 years old so I probably was in class when I heard that Princess Di had passed away. Such a sad passing of such a caring and nice individual.  :\'(

But that was 12 years ago now; in 1999 you were 12 or 13 years old.

Let's see...this date in 1999 (July 20) was a Tuesday; I was probably at home that day.

July 20th 1999 – Recovery, from 4.5km down in the Atlantic, of the Liberty Bell 7 space capsule, which sank after Virgil Grissom's July 21, 1961 suborbital flight.

July 20th 1999 – Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China, and a large scale persecution of the practice is launched.

July 20th 1999 – Recovery, from 4.5km down in the Atlantic, of the Liberty Bell 7 space capsule, which sank after Virgil Grissom's July 21, 1961 suborbital flight.


So it was sunk for roughly 38 whole years?! wow.

July 21, 1999...my family and I went to the Orange County Fair to see Weird Al Yankovic perform. I enjoyed the show.

But that was 12 years ago now; in 1999 you were 12 or 13 years old.

Let's see...this date in 1999 (July 20) was a Tuesday; I was probably at home that day.


Yeah....But I was responding to what was asked on Page One though.... and that was 1997.

Yeah....But I was responding to what was asked on Page One though.... and that was 1997.

I know. But that was a dated post.

You are still welcome to contribute your memories of July 1999, good or bad ;)


Oh by the way...welcome aboard! :)

I'm a day off but yesterday, the 22nd of July would've been my mother's 46th birthday. Summer '99 was my first summer I spent back home after my first year of college. We took my family out to dinner at some fancy restaurant I forget the name and details of.

I'm a day off but yesterday, the 22nd of July would've been my mother's 46th birthday. Summer '99 was my first summer I spent back home after my first year of college. We took my family out to dinner at some fancy restaurant I forget the name and details of.

It's okay. No worries.

My dad turned 46 that year too, but it was in April. We took him out to a nice restaurant and then a movie.

July 26th 1999 – Cessation of combat activities after the Kargil War; Celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas in India.

July 31st 1999 – NASA's Lunar Prospector was deliberately crashed into the Shoemaker crater near the moon's south pole in an unsuccessful attempt to detect the presence of water

In August 1999, I was basically hangin' out at home during the first part of the month. That's around the time that I actually started watching the show Animaniacs, even though it had ended its six-year run. Our then-WB affiliate also had a "Bugs & Daffy Show" that preceded it in the afternoon lineup.

August 9th 1999 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.

August 9th 1999 – The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem.

August 16, 1999 ~ I began my 2nd year of college, at Mission, a community college. My first class was a Public Speaking course, in which I would meet several cute girls. :D

Watch "The McShanghai Prophecy" for retro mcnugget buddy madness, and binge eating.

Let's see...on Friday, August 20, 1999, my mom came home from a week-long trip to Sacramento. It was for some religious event. We picked her up from the airport and took her out to dinner.

I was beginning 7th grade around this time a decade ago. Shortly after school started for Labor Day weekend I took a trip to Washington DC with a couple cousins and an uncle.

August 25, 1999 - Rob Fisher, a keyboardist for the 80s bands Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher, died of complications following stomach surgery; he was only 39.

Ohmigosh, 10 years ago today the date was written shorthand as 9/9/99!

August 16, 1999 ~ I began my 2nd year of college, at Mission, a community college. My first class was a Public Speaking course, in which I would meet several cute girls. :D

And it was around this time during the semester that I began to get popular with them. In fact, after class on September the 20th, a group of them was sitting around a table and asked me to come join them, and we started socializing. :)

October 3, 1999 ~ my mom ate her last meal before having a surgical operation two days later. (She could not eat anything at all on the 4th; only drink water.)

In mid-October 1999, I could only listen to most of the baseball postseason on the radio, since we didn't have cable tv at home yet. Still, I was cheering against the Braves and against the Yankees...but that didn't pay off, sadly. ::)

October 23, 1999: The New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves began the World Series together, facing off for the second time in four years. Of course I did not watch the game or any part of the Series.

November 6th 1999 – Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.

November 24, 1999...the last day of classes before the Thanksgiving holiday. In my public speaking class, I gave a speech about Wayne Gretzky's recent retirement as a player from pro hockey.

November 25th 1999 – Establishment of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by United Nations to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal Sisters for resistance of Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in Dominican Republic.

November 27th 1999 – The Labour Party defeated the governing National Party in the New Zealand general election, making the Labour Party's Helen Clark the first female to win the office of Prime Minister at an election.

It was Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S., and I was working on a research paper for my English class.

December 06, 1999, people was scared the world would end

They still are

December 06, 1999, people was scared the world would end

They still are
I am not scared!

I am not scared!

Me neither. That Y2K thingy would turn out to be rather trivial.

December 9, 1999...I turned in my paper for English class, and began prepping for final exams. I also had some computer projects to finish up before the end of the semester.

Ten years ago... 1999. Hm... I was living in apartments still with my mom and siblings. My little brother was two then. I believe that was the year my mom finally left my dad.

Let's see...on Monday, December 13, 1999, I had a final in one of my Monday-Wednesday classes, and I used the rest of my time at school to finish up a database assignment. (I would finally get it done the next day, when I had the final for that class.)

I think this was the day when ex-Beatle George Harrison was attacked by an intruder in his home. :-[

I think this was the day when ex-Beatle George Harrison was attacked by an intruder in his home. :-[
Yes that did happen around Christmas time, but the year escapes me.

Yes that did happen around Christmas time, but the year escapes me.

It was definitely in 1999, on the day before New Year's Eve.


The next day, I watched the TV with my family pretty much the whole day, as the world helped ring in the year 2000...and finding that the Y2k bug wasn't so harmful after all. (Which reminds me...this thread will need to be locked tomorrow night, and restarted in the 2000s section! Same deal goes for the 20, 30, and 40 years ago threads. The 50 years ago thread can stay open until the end of 2019.)

It was definitely in 1999, on the day before New Year's Eve.


The next day, I watched the TV with my family pretty much the whole day, as the world helped ring in the year 2000...and finding that the Y2k bug wasn't so harmful after all. (Which reminds me...this thread will need to be locked tomorrow night, and restarted in the 2000s section! Same deal goes for the 20, 30, and 40 years ago threads. The 50 years ago thread can stay open until the end of 2019.)
Of which I was contemplating on.

Ten years ago today, the local radio station started playing Prince's 1999 for 48 hours--STRAIGHT.

Ten years ago today, the local radio station started playing Prince's 1999 for 48 hours--STRAIGHT.

Really??

I would imagine that they might've played it a whole year earlier...say, at the start of the year 1999. Oh well, I guess these stations can find ways to celebrate a year...

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