Since 20 years ago was 1990, it's time for a new thread.

January 1, 1990: David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.

January 1st 1990 - Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ

January 2, 1990 - I went back to school after a 2-week winter break. (For me it was more like 2 1/2 weeks, since I was sick during the last three scheduled days of school in December '89.) I made sure to thank the kids in my class for finishing my Baggie wreath for me.

January 3rd 1990 – United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrendered to American forces.

I can't believe 1990 was 20 years ago.  First film I watched in today's decade was Ghostbusters, and I used to be obsessed with the cartoon and the movie all the time.  I was 5 at the time, but it really seemed like the early 90's was the real innocent time, as opposed to the cynical and dark tone from the rest of the 90's.

Come on Vogue, let your body move to the music...  8)

January 6th 1990 - New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)

In 1990, whch was 20 years ago :o, I was a teenager, 13 years old, jamming to music that came out in that year.  1990 was the best time for music, especially urban music.

January 10th 1990 - China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)

January 14th 1990 - "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV

January 14th 1990 - "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV

Also, "America's Funniest Home Videos" premiered on ABC network, with Bob Saget (of Full House fame) as the emcee. (Saget's FH costar, Dave Coulier, would later host "America's Funniest People", which didn't last quite as long.)

January 15, 1990: Martin Luther King's actual birthday is observed as a holiday for the first time. (In 1986 the third Monday in January had been designated as the Martin Luther King Day holiday, but that year it was the 20th...and the 15th didn't fall on a Monday for the first time until 1990. Prior to then it had fallen on a Monday in 1979, which was way earlier.)

January 16th 1990 - Two Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering

...and my mom was probably starting to undergo physical therapy for her damaged wrist. Sometime in January she was able to use her right hand again, to write normally.

January 18th 1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.

January 20th 1990 - US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space

January 25, 1990 - an Avianca Boeing 707 ran out of fuel and crashed in Cove Neck, Long Island, N.Y.; 73 of the 158 people aboard were killed. Also, actress Ava Gardner died in London at age 67. :\'(

And in my life, I believe this was the time that I began learning about the California missions at school.

If you're old enough to remember the first year of the 1990s, what was life like for you.  What do you remember?


I had dropped out of college and was working as a produce manager at a grocery store in Boston.  I lived in an apartment in a dumpy three-decker in East Boston.  I had a skinny little girlfriend named Cheryl and a big fat housemate named Mike.  

I was reading a lot of Orwell, Huxley, and Jung.  Hard to understand Jung.  I was fascinated with surrealism and my room was festooned with cheap prints of Dali, Ernst, and De Chirico.  I bought them at the Harvard Coop.  I spent a lot of time in Harvard Square rifling through bookstores and record shops and eying girls.  

I was done with the earrings, the Clockwork Orange makeup, and the punk haircuts.  I wore it in a crew cut.  I still had my black boots and my black leather jacket.  It was a bleak year for music.  I didn't like this new rubbish called Grunge.  Electronica/IDM was just getting started, and I wasn't aware of it yet.  I'd go to the clubs on Landsdowne Street but I found the Techno and dance pop vapid.  Artists I had loved in the '80s were either off the scene or putting out music I no longer felt any connection to, such was the case with Depeche Mode, New Order, and Sinead O'Connor.  I was listening to a lot of old Brian Eno records along with stuff like African Head Charge, Front 242, Tackhead, Einsturzene Neubauten, and Dub Syndicate.  I discovered Prokofiev from Morning Pro Musica and Thelonius Monk from Mike's record collection, but it would be a couple of years before I would discover the music that would inform my musical tastes for the rest of my life, such as Schoenberg, Babbitt, or Partch.  

I was already beset with the clinical depression that would plague me for the rest of my days.  The illness manifested as listless malaise, anxiety, and occasional mind-blowing panic attacks.  I had yet to be treated with any pharmaceuticals, though I quit smoking pot because it provoked panic and paranoia.  Mike hit the bong every night, but neither Cheryl nor I touched the stuff.  I was fascinated with psychedelics and read Dr. Albert Hoffmann's LSD biography as well as Huxley's "Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell," but I eschewed those drugs because my own neurochemistry was already a bummer trip.  Frustrating.  

I was a card-carrying communist that year.  I joined the Progressive Labor Party.  I joined in the meetings, the marches, the protests, and even some of the community activism, which sometimes involved going to scary places in Roxbury to administer petitions for this or that.  I found the PLP passionate in its convictions but retrograde in its methods.  They advocated violent overthrow of the United States government, but they seemed to be hoping the black people with the guns would do it for them.  As for the neurotic grad students and academics running the show in Boston, a band of fifth graders armed with snowballs could have dispatched the lot of them.  But the party gave me something to do besides lingering in cafes and cinemas or staring at the ceiling in my ramshackled apartment listening to NPR and burning incense.  I burned a lot of frankincense to ward off the musty miasma of that old dump.  The scent still reminds me of the place.

In December it all ended. I got canned from my job and the recession made getting another a grim prospect, especially without a college degree, and even then there were forty applicants for every opening.  Mike took a job working for the state of South Dakota and left me with an $1100 phone bill when he moved his fat ass out.  The phone company disconnected service.  My new housemate turned out to be a cocaine addict and petty criminal (later convicted of attempted murder).  It made Cheryl too nervous to want to hang around the place much.  The heat got shut off because I didn't pay the bill.  I knew nothing of low-income assistance, but I was on my way out anyway.  I moved back to my dad's in New Hampshire a few days before Christmas.  I told the slumlord and his real estate agent they could go f**k themselves for the rent, and just left.  The next year I remained unemployed, though my dad did fund a trip to Britain for me.  I went back to college in the fall of 1991.  

January 27, 1990...I know it was a Saturday, but I don't think I remember what I was doing. I know I didn't go to school.

January 28, 1990: Super Bowl XXIV was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Denver Broncos, 55-10. Joe Montana was named the Super Bowl MVP.

January 31st 1990 – The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow.

February 2nd 1990 – Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.

February 2nd 1990 – Apartheid: F.W. de Klerk allows the African National Congress to function legally and promises to release Nelson Mandela.

And in my life, that was one day I remember quite well. It was a Friday, and probably one of the best days out of my whole 4th grade year.

My 4th grade class was studying the California missions, so we took a field trip to one of them; namely, the San Fernando Mission, since that's the one that was closest to the school. We ate our lunch at about 11 a.m. at the park across the street from it; and from there we went to the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, as the second part of our field trip. Got back to the school shortly before it ended for the day.

Later on...my family and I went to Chucke Cheeses to meet with a friend of mine and his family, and we had an awesome time there. I also kept running into this girl who I hadn't previously met, but she seemed pretty nice. I stood behind her in line to play Skeeball; she was next to me at one of the arcade machines...you name it, there she was. I figured she might've been one of those people I'd meet "one time only." She was about my then-age, which would now put her somewhere between 28 and 30.


Can't believe that was 20 years ago already. :o

February 6th 1990 Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes & 58.44 seconds backwards!

February 11th 1990 – Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.

February 14th 1990 - Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system

March 15th 1990: Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.

Interesting, wasn't he a political leader there before then?

I will be focusing on videos posting. 20 years today, Nirvana played at Cabaret Metro in Chicago, IL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6k892qflXA Nirvana- Breed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF5zGsJ5A9Y Nirvana- Imodium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkd4wlZAeqg Nirvana- Big Cheese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqpjgb6Gccc Nirvana- Blew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FobpN51zPXY Nirvana- Scoff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxkcuXKF1Qo Nirvana- Dive

It wasn't the "90s 90s" yet, but things were definately taking shape!

Here's a promo by Sting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=975G8YV5s3U

March 15th 1990: Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.

Interesting, wasn't he a political leader there before then?


He was General Secretary of the Communist Party which was effectively the political leader of the country.  Think about what was happening in the late eighties early nineties

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Soviet_Union

^ I thought so.


One month later...April 15, 1990...was Easter Sunday, and the last time I had an easter egg hunt. I turned 10 later in the year, so I felt I was getting too old for them.

On May 16, 1990, Sammy Davis Jr. died in Beverly Hills, California, of complications from throat cancer. He was 64 years old. :\'(

Twenty years ago today, Mariah Carey wrote the first chapter in what has become one of the most exceptional Billboard chart discographies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcO7CTR7UAc

Carey's debut single, "Vision of Love," entered the Billboard Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Adult Contemporary in the issue dated June 2, 1990. The song would become her first of 18 Hot 100 No. 1s, the most among solo artists in the chart's 52-year history. Among all acts, only the Beatles, with 20, have more No. 1s.

http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/20-20-vision-mariah-marks-milestone-1004094895.story?tag=hpfeed#/column/chartbeat/20-20-vision-mariah-marks-milestone-1004094895.story?tag=hpfeed

I can't believe it's been 20 years already! At the time, I thought it was just some new Whitney Houston/Taylor Dayne song.

June 15, 1990, was the last Friday of my 4th grade year (but not the last day; that was the following Thursday, the 21st). Even though that day at school was overall unpleasant for me (mainly due to my pain-in-the-wazoo teacher), it still sticks in my mind.

Details can be found in a thread I posted in 5 yrs ago, but I can explain some details right here anyways. The previous day, we started making these special kites from plastic straws, and in the process, I made a mistake that couldn't be corrected. I threw the straws in the trash because I had screwed up. So the teacher kept me in at recess on the 15th and told me to go get my straws. I firmly refused, for two reasons: 1) I figured that they wouldn't be there, since the trash was most likely emptied by the custodian after everyone went home, and 2) why would I wanna dig something out of the trash in the first place? EEEUUUWW! :P 8-P I don't remember exactly what happened after that, but I am sure it was NOT pleasant. I think she made me write a note (which I never did deliver). I just know that at 2:30pm, when school was out, I was glad to escape.

June 1990..Umm...Let's see....I wasn't dating Emily anymore by Mid June, that I know.
I made a bet with a girl and won, and that night we went out (mid June 1990, can't recall the exact day) she got so totally drunk and fell asleep on me in the subway. One of the weirdest nights of my life which could have been a life changing event, I can't get into it right now.

I had less than 2 hours of sleep that night and went into work the next day, so did the girl.
Ah...youth...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYF0ns34YN0

Aahhhh, before automatic ads (and later digital ads) around the field. Things seemed so simple back then...

June 30th 1990 – East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.

^and in my life, I remember seeing the movie Ghost Dad, starring Bill Cosby. As I recall, it was the first time I ever remember going into a sit-down movie theater. Also, I went with a friend of mine and his family to see the movie.

July 4, 1990, I turned 13 years old, going to Wildwood.

July 11, 1990, was my 10th birthday. Being that it fell on a Wednesday (right smack in the middle of the week), we actually did some celebrating the weekend before. On the actual day, I spent the morning at work with my dad, and then spent the afternoon at work with my mom. We met for lunch at a Sizzler restaurant between the two localities.

July 11th 1990 – Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.

July 25th 1990 - Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at San Diego Padre game

July 25th 1990 - Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at San Diego Padre game

I heard about that on the sports news sometime shortly thereafter; it was an awful rendition.

I heard about that on the sports news sometime shortly thereafter; it was an awful rendition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1YVhcLD2c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1YVhcLD2c

Interestingly, that clip is dated July 26th instead of the 25th; which night did it actually occur? Either way, it would be "exactly 20 years ago" somewhere in the world right now. Not that I care one way or another...


But I do remember two things that happened in my life on the 26th. I will discuss them tomorrow.

Interestingly, that clip is dated July 26th instead of the 25th; which night did it actually occur? Either way, it would be "exactly 20 years ago" somewhere in the world right now. Not that I care one way or another...
It seem to go on for an eternity......

It seem to go on for an eternity......

I bet lots of people in the stands were covering their ears.



But I do remember two things that happened in my life on the 26th. I will discuss them tomorrow.

Anyhoo, here's what I did on Thursday, July 26, 1990: It was my last day of summer day camp, and I tried to make the best of that day. I don't remember too many specifics, but I managed to enjoy myself. In the evening, I went to a pool party at the home of one of the members of my cub scout group.

July 26th 1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.

July 27th 1990 – The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.

^ On that day, I remember going to a Dodgers baseball game, which my team played host to the Atlanta Braves. That game ended up going into extra innings, but the Dodgers finally won it in the 12th inning, 5-4, after five hours of play. We left the stadium just after midnight and listened to the remainder of the game on the radio in the car on the way home.

August 23, 1990... I remember that this was the day that Fox's animated comedy series "The Simpsons" moved to Thursday nights, after airing on Sunday nights for its first season as an actual show. It would return to Sundays four years later.

August 28th 1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.

August 28th 1990 – The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.

September 2nd 1990 – The small country of Transnistria unilaterally declared its independence from what was then the Moldavian SSR of the Soviet Union, but independence has only been recognized by Abkhazia and South Ossetia, who are also partially recognised states

Also on that day, the Los Angeles Dodgers salvaged a game of their season series in Montreal by beating the Expos 12-5.

September 5th 1990 – Eastern University massacre, massacre of 158 Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan army at the Eastern University in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

September 10th 1990 – Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, one of the largest churches in the world.

September 10th 1990 – Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, one of the largest churches in the world.

The very next day, I began the 5th grade at a different elementary school than the one I had attended the previous year. What's more, it was my first time in special education, which helped me through the next few school years.

September 12th 1990 - The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German re-unification.

September 18th 1990 – Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.

September 24th 1990 – Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn.

September 18th 1990 – Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn.


Was that on the 18th or the 24th?

Was that on the 18th or the 24th?
24th...

oops!

October 2nd 1990 – A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.

October 2nd 1990 – A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou, it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132 people.


So sad. :\'( :\'(

I don't remember very much that was going on in the world at the time, except for the conflict between the US and Kuwait, which was all over the news.

One thing I remember about my life on that day, is being absent from school for a second straight day because of an illness that had made me sick the previous weekend. The next day (October 3rd, which was a Wednesday) I was feeling well enough to go back to school. Also, the regular season in Major League Baseball came to a close for the year.

October 2nd 1990 - Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by the Doors

October 3rd 1990 – Re-unification of Germany. The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.

October 3rd 1990 - Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obscenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records

October 5th 1990 – After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

October 11th, 1990 - Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature

October 15th 1990 – Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.

October 16th 1990 - "Stand Up Tragedy" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 13 perfs

October 16th 1990 - Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat

October 16th 1990 - Reds beat A's 7-0, ending Oakland's 10-game post-season winning streak

October 16th 1990 - US forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf

October 16th 1990 - Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat



October 16th 1990 - Reds beat A's 7-0, ending Oakland's 10-game post-season winning streak


The Reds would go on to sweep the A's, giving them a "taste of their own medicine" (since Oakland had completed a World Series sweep a year earlier, over their Bay Area rivals, the SF Giants).

October 20, 1990: Cincinnati Reds completed their World Series sweep over the Oakland A's, 4 games to nothing.

October 20th 1990 - Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 US cities (US-Iraq)

October 21st 1990 - Esther Canseco calls Oakland A's manager Tony La Russa a "punk" for not starting husband Jose in the World Series

October 23rd 1990 - Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages

October 24th 1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army.   

October 24th 1990 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

October 25th 1990 - Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title

October 31, 1990... I dressed up as Bart Simpson for Halloween and went trick-or-treating in a shopping mall (accompanied by my dad, who was kinda under the weather).

November 5th 1990 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

November 6, 1990, saw elections in the United States, mostly for governor and senate. California's governor race was won by Pete Wilson, a Republican who'd been serving as state senator.

November 7th 1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

November 8th 1990 - "6 Degrees of Separation" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 496 perfs

November 8th 1990 - 100,000 additional US troops are sent to Persian gulf

November 8th 1990 - Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with LA Dodgers

November 8th 1990 - Gina Marie Tolleson of USA, 21, crowned 40th Miss World

November 8th 1990 - Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula

November 9th 1990 – Mary Robinson is elected Ireland's first female President and the first from the Labour Party.

November 11th 1990 - "Shadowlands" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 169 perfs

November 11th 1990 - Calif's Chuck Finley & Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between US & Japanese all-star teams

November 12th 1990 – Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.

November 12th 1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

November 13th 1990 – In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in what becomes known as the Aramoana Massacre.

November 14th 1990 – After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.

1990 – Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan becomes active again and erupts.

1990 - "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 241 perfs

November 19th 1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.

November 19th 1990 - Greyhound files reoganization plan so they can be traded publically

November 20th 1990 - Margaret Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership

November 21st 1990 – The Charter of Paris for a New Europe refocuses the efforts of the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europeon post-Cold War issues.

November 21st 1990 - Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations

November 22nd 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her premiership.

November 8th 1990 - Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with LA Dodgers

But he would only stay with the team for three seasons, and an injury would derail his stint with the team.

November 22nd 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her premiership.

In the U.S., it was Thanksgiving Day... and it would be the last time my family would go elsewhere for the holiday (i.e., to another family member's house).

November 23rd 1990 – The first all woman expedition to the south pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.

November 26th 1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.

1990 - 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins

1990 - Buffalo Bills become 6th 1st place NFL team to lose on same weekend

1990 - Matsusheesha purchases MCA for $6.6 billion

1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait

1990 - Premier Mazowiecki of Poland, resigns

1990 - Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher

1990 - Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew resigns, ending his reign as Singapore's longest-serving Prime Minister

1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing "use all necessary means to uphold and implement" United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 "to restore international peace and security" if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.

1990 - Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke

1990 – Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France met 40 metres (131 ft) beneath the English Channel seabed.

1990 – A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.

1990 - 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany

1990 - First time (knowingly) 12 people in space

1990 – At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 7 passengers and 1 crew member aboard flight 1482.

1990 - Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC

1990 - Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages

1990 - Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty

1990 - Salman Rushdie, author (ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy), appears in public for first time in 2 years

1990 - Toronto Blue Jays trade Fred McGriff & Tony Fernandez to San Diego Padres for Roberto Alomar & Joe Carter

December 5, 1990 - Toronto Blue Jays trade Fred McGriff & Tony Fernandez to San Diego Padres for Roberto Alomar & Joe Carter

Alomar and Carter would be key contributors to the Blue Jays' successful seasons from 1991 to 1993, helping the team to win back-to-back championships in 1992 and '93.

December 20, 1990: Pop singer Jojo, who entered the music scene in her teens in 2004 with "Leave/Get Out", was born.

1990 - Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns

1990 – The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web.

1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship

January 5, 1991: The 'South Ossetia War' began when 6,000 armed Georgians entered Tskhinvali, causing destruction and killing civilians. This was an involvement in the eventual breakup of the Soviet Union; the Republic of Georgia eventually became its own country.

1991 – Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoutes in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.

1991 – Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try and find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

January 12, 1991: The Gulf War was going on. An act of the U.S. Congress authorized the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.

1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.

1991 – Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth Realm to institute its own separate Victoria Cross award in its own honours system.

1991 – The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).

20 years ago me and my family were still in the Phillipines.  :)

1991 – Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.

1991 – Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V.

1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.

1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.

I remember hearing about this on the news that day. Really sad. :(

1991 – Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.

We were in the midst of the Gulf War!  :D

We were in the midst of the Gulf War!  :D
1991 – Gulf War: Three SCUDs and one Patriot missile hit Ramat Gan in Israel, injuring 96 people. Three elderly people die of heart attacks.

Super Bowl XXV was played on January 27, 1991, in Tampa Florida's Tampa Stadium, and televised on ABC Network. The New York Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills, 20-19.

1991 – Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.

1991 – Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.

1991 – Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.

1991 – Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.

1991 – The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.

1991 - Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out New Jersey Devils 4-0

1991 – A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters.

1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.

1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

1991 – Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.

1991 – Gulf War: On Baghdad Radio Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein announces the withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.

1991 – Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah.

1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".

1991 Singer James Brown is released from prison

1991 Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" premieres in London

1991 – Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.

Today (March 3rd) marks the 20th anniversary of the beating of Rodney King. :\'( :\'( It happened pretty close to where I was living at the time.
The cops, who were accused of beating him, would later go on trial...and the verdict of the trial would spark the L.A. riots. :(

Today (March 3rd) marks the 20th anniversary of the beating of Rodney King. :\'( :\'( It happened pretty close to where I was living at the time.
The cops, who were accused of beating him, would later go on trial...and the verdict of the trial would spark the L.A. riots. :(
I remember seeing footage of that on tv.

1991 – In concurrent referenda, 74% of the population of Latvia votes for independence from the Soviet Union, and 83% in Estonia.

I remember seeing footage of that on tv.

Yes, apparently some guy caught it all on film on his video camera. They were re-showing it on the TV news this morning, to mark the 20th anniversary of the incident.

The original Gulf war is close to the ceasefire.
and Vanilla Ice is unleashed to the airwaves with "Ice Ice Baby"

source:http://www.mrpopculture.com/

1991 – Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, returns to his country for the first time since Iraq's invasion.

1991 - I was born + Internet is made available to unrestricted commercial use and number of computers on the net reaches 1 million

1991 - I was born + Internet is made available to unrestricted commercial use and number of computers on the net reaches 1 million

Interesting, because I never saw it in use until a few years later.

1991 – Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milošević in Belgrade. Two people are killed and tanks are deployed in the streets.

1991 - Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska)

1991 - British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment

On this date in 1991 (March 16th) I had my second actual experience with snow; that's when my family traveled up into the mountains for the day to look at it up close. It was kinda fun. We did take some pictures, but none that I can share unless I scan them into the computer.

1991 – The Sierra Leone Civil War began when the Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invaded Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh.

1991 - Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vr˜e Folk" (Free People)

1991 – The Islamic Constitutional Movement, or Hadas, is established in Kuwait.

1991 – Georgian independence referendum, 1991: nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.

I also remember this date was Easter Sunday, and it was the last time I ever searched for Easter eggs. I felt I was starting to get kinda old for it.

1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.

1991 - "Penn & Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC

1991 – Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.

1991 – Seventy tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado (see Andover, Kansas Tornado Outbreak).

1991 - In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 & left 9 million homeless

May 1, 1991: Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers threw the 7th and final no-hitter of his career, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays. On that same day, Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A's stole his 939th career base, breaking the record set by Lou Brock.

1991 – A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.

1991 – Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.

1991 – Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.

1991 – Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.

1991 – The capital city of Addis Ababa, falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.

Today (June 2nd) in 1991 was when I took my first-ever train trip... from L.A. Union Station to San Juan Capistrano. 'Twas a very enjoyable experience. While we were there, I took pictures of the San Juan Capistrano Mission...which I would share, but I would need to scan them in first.

1991 – Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.

1991 – 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: the Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

1991 – The Parliament of South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act, which required that each inhabitant of South Africa be classified and registered by race as part of the system of apartheid.

In 1991, I was 14 years old.

1991 – The Soviet occupation of Hungary ends.

1991 - Two of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie

1991 - Two of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie

That same day, I finished the 5th grade...but it wasn't the end of elementary school for me, as the school I was attending still went up to 6th grade.

1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

Some of my earliest memories are 20 years ago now... The main thing I recall from the summer of 1991 was that I fell out of my floaty thing at my mom's friend's pool and almost drowned. I also believe it was summer 1991 when I burned my little leg on the side of the grill when we were camping. (that was a pretty traumatic summer)  :o

1991 – The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.

1991 – A Nationair DC-8 crashes during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261.

1991 – A Nationair DC-8 crashes during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261.

And I was celebrating my 11th birthday. I remember that there was a solar eclipse viewable in the southern part of the U.S.

July 15, 1991: I was at camp. It was my first (and only) experience in such a situation, with a whole bunch of other kids for a few days in a rural atmosphere.

And now the place has its own site.

July 28, 1991: Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos pitched a perfect game against the L.A. Dodgers, winning 2-0.

1991 – The Soviet Union and the United States signed the bilateral START I treaty, the largest and most complex arms control treaty in history, which eventually removed 80% of all strategic nuclear weapons then in existence.

1991 – The Medininkai Massacre in Lithuania. Soviet OMON attacks Lithuanian customs post in Medininkai, killing 7 officers and severely wounding one other.

1991 – The Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.

1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.

1991 – Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

1991 – The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.

1991 Shamu the Whale dies at 16, from respiratory failure

1991 Shamu the Whale dies at 16, from respiratory failure

But other whales would take his place...at Sea World locations across the U.S. In fact, three years later I went to the SeaWorld in San Diego and saw a Shamu show.

On this date in 1991, I was in San Francisco with my family. We had stopped at the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz on the way up there.

1991 – A Hasidic man accidentally struck two Guyanese immigrant children with his car in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York City, initiating three days of rioting.

August 19, 1991: I went back to school in August for the first time ever, due to a "year-round" schedule that went into effect for the L.A. Unified School District. (Two years later, this schedule would be axed and we'd resume going back after Labor Day again.)

1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.

1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.

I remember that very well. In fact, after I'd begun school (which I mentioned in my above post), we had "current events" homework once a week, where we had to report on a current event happening either locally, nationally, or in the world...and the Soviet Union Coup was one of the top headlines. As a result of the Coup, the Soviet Union would break up into several new nations, with the largest portion retaining the title of 'Russia.'

1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: more than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.

1991 – Estonia, annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of historical continuity of her pre-World War II statheood.

1991 – Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.

1991 – Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.

1991 – Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union

1991 – The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence

1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux

1991 – The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

1991 – Moldova declares independence from the USSR.

1991 – Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.

1991 - It was reported that the key to long life was Zakusi, a diet of light corn wafers seasoned with potted cheese and tarragon. Zakusi is the favourite food of the Abkhazis in the Soviet republic of Georgia, who have 21,000 centenarians compared to only 3,000 in Britain.

During my second week of school in August of '91, I remember entering the D.A.R.E. program; a D.A.R.E. officer came to the school once a week to lecture us about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. This was helpful to all of us.

1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

1991 – The United States recognize the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

1991 – Nagorno Karabakh declares its independence from Azerbaijan forming the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, came into force.

1991 – The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, came into force.

And a person who I currently know, was born that day. (I met this person and her family at church about five years or so ago, when she was in her teens.)

1991 – The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

1991 – The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.

1991 – The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.

Nowadays when I try to do a Google Search for Leningrad, it redirects to St. Petersburg, or all the boldfaced results show up that way.

1991 – The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

1991 – Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.

1991 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.

1991 – Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.

9/17/1991: On TV, Full House began its 5th season with the episode "Double Trouble"; it was the first episode to premiere on a Tuesday night since the pilot episode four years earlier. (Original airdates for episodes were set for Tuesdays the remainder of the show's run.)

1991 – Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.

1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.

1991 – Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.

1991 – The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library.

1991 – New Zealand's Resource Management Act came into effect, regulating access to natural and physical resources such as land, air and water, to ensure their sustainable use.

1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.

1991 – An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.

1991 – The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.

1991 – Bombing of Banski dvori in Zagreb.

1991 – Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent

1991 – Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1991 – Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republic's Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.

1991 – The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Here is a good article about the big albums that came out 20 years ago. That collage of those 20 albums makes a great wallpaper for those with some nostalgia.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/galleries/twenty_albums_at_20/twenty_albums_at_20.html

October 19, 1991: the Braves reached the World Series for the first time as the Atlanta Braves; they faced off against the Minnesota Twins, who won the first game 5-2.

1991 – The Oakland Hills firestorm kills 25 and destroys 3,469 homes and apartments, causing more than $2 billion in damage.

1991 – A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.

1991 - General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion

1991 – History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.

1991 – Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.

October 27, 1991: In a decisive Game Seven of the World Series between the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins, Jack Morris of the Twins went the distance, making 126 total pitches. The game remained scoreless into the 10th inning (although both teams had opportunities to score) when utility player Gene Larkin (who had been benched for most of the series due to injury) drove a single into deep left field, scoring Danny Gladden and winning the game 1-0, and the Series 4 games to 3.

1991 – Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

1991 - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager

1991 – The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens.

1991 – Professional basketball player Magic Johnson announced his retirement from the game because of his infection with HIV.

1991 – Professional basketball player Magic Johnson announced his retirement from the game because of his infection with HIV.
A day I remember very well.

1991 – In Dili, East Timor, Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the occupation of East Timor, killing at least 250 people.

1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.

1991 – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.

1991 – In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.

1991 – Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.

1991 – After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

We had just bought our new '92 Toyota Camry the day before. We still have that car today, and it has over 274,000 miles on it.

1991 – An Azerbaijani MI-8 helicopter carrying 19 peacekeeping mission team with officials and journalists from Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is shot down by Armenian military forces in Khojavend district of Azerbaijan.

November 24, 1991: Freddie Mercury, the frontman of the British rock group Queen, died of AIDS-related pneumonia at age 45. :\'(

Elsewhere in the world of pop music, American singer Cyndi Lauper and actor David Thornton were married in NY.

1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.

1991 – The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.

1991 – South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.

November 28, 1991...I had my first Thanksgiving at home. (Every year before then, we often went to the home of one of my sets of grandparents.) It's one that I remember quite well.

1991 – Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.

1991 – Pan Am goes bankrupt and ceases operations.

1991 – Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.

1991 – Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.

1991 – In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.

1991 – Leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed the Belavezha Accords, agreeing to dissolve the Soviet Union and establish the Commonwealth of Independent States.

1991 – The Romanian Constitution is adopted in a referendum.

1991 – Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.

1991 – Independence of The Republic of Kazakhstan.

1991 - Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode

1991 - DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood

1991 – A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

1991 - US actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner

1991 – Armed opposition groups launch a military coup against President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

1991 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the USSR.

On 1/1/1992, Boutros Boutros-Ghali succeeded Javier Perez de Cuellar as secretary-general of the United Nations. President George H.W. Bush became the first American leader to address the Australian Parliament.

1992 – President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.

In January of 1992, I was attending "winter intersession" school, due to the fact that the L.A. Unified School District was on a "year-round" schedule that gave us a very long winter break; our regular session resumed on the day after Presidents Day.

1992 – The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1992 – Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.

January 26, 1992: In Super Bowl XXVI, played at Minneapolis' Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills by a score of 37-24.

1992 – Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.

To me this signals the point of the "little has changed in 20 years" thread. That statement by Yeltsin proved that the Cold War era was officially a thing of the past, even though memories of it were still fresh. Also, I can't believe it's been 20 years since the Redskins last won the Super Bowl!

I still can't get adjusted to the idea that many fashionists are considering stuff from this "vintage" already, it's still contemporary to me.

February 2, 1992: longtime "Miss America" emcee Bert Parks died in La Jolla, Calif., at age 77.

1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.

February 8, 1992: The Winter Olympics opened up in Albertville, France; this was the last series of Winter Olympic games to be held in a leap year, as the next Winter games (in Lillehammer, Norway) were held two years later.

1992 – The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.

Feb. 26, 1992: Armenian forces attacked the village of Khodzhaly, resulting in the deaths of 613 Azerbaijanis, according to Azerbaijani authorities. (Armenian forces did not deny the attack, but have said the death toll is exaggerated.)

February 29, 1992: An independence referendum was held in Bosnia and Herzegovina; this would last for the weekend.

As for me, I remember spending the day not doing much besides watching tv.

1992 – Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.

1992 – Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.


Wow must've been before Windows 95.

Wow must've been before Windows 95.

Obviously. Windows 95 did not exist before the year 1995.



On May 18, 1992, the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (which prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of the Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives) was officially certified by Archivist of the United States Don W. Wilson. The next day, it was printed in the Federal Register, together with the certificate of ratification.

It is the most recent amendment added to the Constitution, despite its initial submission in 1789, a whopping 203 years earlier!

On May 21st of 1992 I took my very first airplane trip... to San Jose. My family and I then traveled to Monterey, where we spent the next three nights.

...and on this date (which was Memorial Day), we drove back from San Luis Obispo in the rental car, which we returned to Burbank Airport (where we'd flown out of a few days earlier) when we got back to L.A.

June 1, 1992: In the 1992 Major League Baseball draft, a number of future all-stars and star players were selected in the first round, including Phil Nevin, Jeffrey Hammonds, and Derek Jeter.

June 3, 1992: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show, where he played "Heartbreak Hotel" on the saxophone.

June 3, 1992: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show, where he played "Heartbreak Hotel" on the saxophone.


I remember that.

June 25, 1992, was the day of my elementary school (6th grade) graduation. However, I still had to go to school for three more days (Friday 6/26, Monday 6/29 and Tuesday 6/30) due to the year-round schedule that was in effect for the L.A. Unified School District, which I thought was kinda stupid.

June 25, 1992, was the day of my elementary school (6th grade) graduation. However, I still had to go to school for three more days (Friday 6/26, Monday 6/29 and Tuesday 6/30) due to the year-round schedule that was in effect for the L.A. Unified School District, which I thought was kinda stupid.


I graduated High School.

I graduated High School.

That's right!! Is your class having a 20 year reunion this year? If so, do you plan on going?

That's right!! Is your class having a 20 year reunion this year? If so, do you plan on going?


I really don't know I haven't gotten any notice in the mail yet.

I really don't know I haven't gotten any notice in the mail yet.

Not even in e-mail either? Are you even on their mailing list? Do you know who to contact? (Maybe I should ask you this on your "Ask" thread.)

I remember when I had my ten-year reunion in '08; a letter was sent to me in the mail in January, with info that the reunion was going to be held in June. I think I'd signed up on ReunionCommittee.com so that they'd have my address and could contact me.

Not even in e-mail either? Are you even on their mailing list? Do you know who to contact? (Maybe I should ask you this on your "Ask" thread.)

I remember when I had my ten-year reunion in '08; a letter was sent to me in the mail in January, with info that the reunion was going to be held in June. I think I'd signed up on ReunionCommittee.com so that they'd have my address and could contact me.


I think I'm supposed to email the school on the website. I was never on their mailing list.

20 years ago today I got honorably discharged from the Army.

...and in southern California, there was a double-shaker: two earthquakes rocked the Southland in the morning, but didn't cause too much structural damage to anything.

July 11, 1992 - I celebrated my 12th birthday; I went miniature golfing early in the day with my family (I wanted to bring a friend along, but he was under the weather), had cake at home in the afternoon with family, and went out for a nice dinner later.

...and on this day, my family and I spent the day at Disneyland, where it was overcast for a good part of the day, but I managed to have a good time. :)

August 17, 1992: In the world of sports, Kevin Gross of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team pitched a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants, with the Dodgers winning 2-zip. This was one of the best games of a dismal season for the Dodgers.

The next day, I began middle school (which was still being referred to as junior high; there was only a realignment of the grade levels; however, the terms were still being used interchangeably). It was the shortest summer vacation period for me, at only a month and a half long, due to the "year-round" schedule that was in effect for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

August 24, 1992: Hurricane Andrew made landfall just south of Miami, FL, as a Class 5 hurricane. :o

August 24, 1992: Hurricane Andrew made landfall just south of Miami, FL, as a Class 5 hurricane. :o


Wow yes I remember that was on the news.

September 5, 1992: An animated program premiered that changed superhero/comics animation forever.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/batman_tas.jpg

BATMAN: The Animated Series

Happy 20th anniversary, Batman: TAS.

October 18, 1992: Game 2 of the World Series was played between the Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves (a day earlier, the series opened in Atlanta, with the Jays making their World Series debut, but losing 3-1); the Jays won Game 2 by a score of 5-4, to even up the series at 1 game apiece.

October 23rd 1992 – Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.

^ I remember that day was a Friday, and I stayed home from school because I wasn't feeling well. I forget exactly what was wrong with me, but I know I didn't go back to school until a week later; I must've been really sick.

One thing I do know is that the World Series was being carried back to Atlanta, with the Toronto Blue Jays leading the Braves 3 games to 2.

Twenty years ago today, on Oct. 24, 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series for the first time.

Twenty years ago today, on Oct. 24, 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series for the first time.

I remember watching that game on TV! I also think that's when I became aware of the "tomohawk chant" and how annoying it became. That said, I rooted for the Jays to win the series. (I also think they won Game Six in extra innings.)

I remember watching that game on TV! I also think that's when I became aware of the "tomohawk chant" and how annoying it became. That said, I rooted for the Jays to win the series. (I also think they won Game Six in extra innings.)


Yes, it was extra-innings. Atlanta had tied it late to force extra innings.
Atlanta had Maddux, Glavine & Smoltz, 3 of the best pitchers in the last 20-25 years, but came away with only 1 WS title, but a whole bunch of division championships.

October 26th 1992 – The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.

October 26th 1992 – The London Ambulance Service is thrown into chaos after the implementation of a new CAD, or Computer Aided Dispatch, system which failed.

November 3, 1992: Bill Clinton was elected as the 42nd President of the U.S., defeating incumbent president George H.W. Bush (known back then simply by his first and last name) and third-party challenger Ross Perot (whose party designation was "Independent").

November 16th 1992 – In Suffolk, England, an amateur metal detectorist found the largest hoard of Roman gold, silver and bronze coins from the late fourth and early fifth centuries ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.

Jan. 1, 1993: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia took effect, splitting into Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

January 7th 1993 – The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.

January 7th 1993 – Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack on the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.

...and I had just started "winter inter-session" classes at a middle school that was very close to where I would eventually attend high school. (Because the L.A. Unified School District was on a year-round schedule, with a two-month break between the last day of school before Christmas and the day after President's Day, we had the whole month of January off, I had to go learn something somewhere.) The two classes I took were introduction to Spanish (although I was ahead of most everyone in the class already, having learned some Spanish in the third grade) and a computer class that taught QBASIC programming, with an emphasis on graphics. The computers used in that class, however, were already obsolete then (Apple IIC, which had been released in the 80's)...but they did the job.

Wow, I didn't know that...

18 January 1993: All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

January 20, 1993: Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.

January 20, 1993: Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.


"He did not have sexual relations with that woman".

January 30, 1993: Los Angeles' first subway system, the Metro Red Line, opened to the public, going as far west as Westlake/MacArthur Park.

January 31, 1993: Super Bowl XXVII was played at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena (Los Angeles), California; the Dallas Cowboys clobbered the Buffalo Bills by a score of 52-17.

February 1st 1993 – Gary Bettman becomes the NHL's first commissioner

February 11 – Janet Reno is selected by President Clinton as Attorney General of the United States.

Gross

...and I had just started "winter inter-session" classes at a middle school that was very close to where I would eventually attend high school. (Because the L.A. Unified School District was on a year-round schedule, with a two-month break between the last day of school before Christmas and the day after President's Day, we had the whole month of January off, I had to go learn something somewhere.) The two classes I took were introduction to Spanish (although I was ahead of most everyone in the class already, having learned some Spanish in the third grade) and a computer class that taught QBASIC programming, with an emphasis on graphics. The computers used in that class, however, were already obsolete then (Apple IIC, which had been released in the 80's)...but they did the job.

And this (Feb. 3) was the date in 1993 when that winter session came to an end. I did very well in the Spanish class, and so-so in the computers class.

February 8th 1993 – General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.

And this (Feb. 3) was the date in 1993 when that winter session came to an end. I did very well in the Spanish class, and so-so in the computers class.

...and this date (Feb. 16) was the date in 1993 when regular classes resumed.

February 26th 1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.

February 26th 1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.



can't believe it's been 20 years!  :o

February 26th 1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center exploded, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand.


can't believe it's been 20 years!  :o

I remember hearing about it on the news on the radio... it was pretty sad. :\'(

I remember hearing about it on the news on the radio... it was pretty sad. :\'(


I was in a vocational program at that time.

March 4, 1993 - Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina was born. 

March 11th 1993 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.

March 12th 1993:

– Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.

– North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.

March 12th 1993:

– The Blizzard of 1993 – Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.

– Janet Reno was sworn in as the United States' first female attorney general.

– The Blizzard of 1993 – Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.


I remember that day.

March 20th 1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.

March 22nd 1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

March 22, 1993: On an off-day during spring training, Cleveland Indians pitchers Bob Ojeda, Tim Crews, and Steve Olin were fishing on a rented 18-foot bass boat when the vessel struck a dock at high speed, killing Olin and Crews. They became the first active major leaguers to die since Thurman Munson in 1979. Ojeda was seriously injured but survived.

(On a related note, Crews had spent his entire major league career with my team, the L.A. Dodgers, before signing as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians in the 1992-93 offseason. Because of this accident, he never wore a major league uniform for a team other than the Dodgers.) :\'(

March 27th 1993:

– Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.

– Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.

April 5, 1993: The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins played their inaugural games in MLB.

April 8th 1993 – The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.

April 19th:

1993 – The 51 day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ended when a fire broke out. Eighty-one people died.

I remember hearing about that on the news.

April 24th 1993 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring 44 others and causing £1 billion in damages.

April 27, 1993: MLB pitcher Tim Wakefield, then with the Pittsburgh Pirates, defeated the Atlanta Braves 6-2 in 11 innings, pitching into the 11th inning and throwing a total of 172 pitches (something no pitcher could do today, probably).

April 30th 1993

– CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

– Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany

The NBC sitcom Cheers aired its final episode 20 years ago today. I watched in with my father and felt a bit sad that there wouldn't be any more episodes since it was the first sitcom I really enjoyed growing up as a child. It remains the second most watched finale of any TV series after M*A*S*H.

The NBC sitcom Cheers aired its final episode 20 years ago today. I watched in with my father and felt a bit sad that there wouldn't be any more episodes since it was the first sitcom I really enjoyed growing up as a child. It remains the second most watched finale of any TV series after M*A*S*H.

That's right... it lasted 11 years on the air and was one of the most watched programs in television history. One character from that show, Frasier Crane (played by Kelsey Grammer) went on to a spinoff sitcom entitled Frasier, which premiered in the fall of that year and would last for equally as many seasons as its predecessor.

June 5th 1993 – Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, in North Yorkshire, England, fall into the sea following a landslide.

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^ Looks pretty bad :\'(

Also, American country singer-songwriter Conway Twitty passed away at the age of 59 (just three months shy of his 60th birthday).

June 6th 1993 – Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections.

June 12th 1993 – An election takes place in Nigeria which and is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.

June 30, 1993: the official end of my 7th grade year... and the last day that the entire L.A. Unified School District had to deal with the "year-round" schedule.

June 30, 1993: the official end of my 7th grade year... and the last day that the entire L.A. Unified School District had to deal with the "year-round" schedule.

What do you mean by "year-round"?

What do you mean by "year-round"?

Starting in the second-to-last week of August, having a 2-month winter break, going back on the day after Presidents Day, having not much of a spring-break, and going all the way to the end of June. So the winter break was longer than the summer break.

Other schools in the district had tracks that started in July or early August, and then taking breaks in October or November.

And while the schedule was done away with in 1993, some schools re-adopted it in later years due to the overcrowding...including one elementary school that I worked at for two summers (1996 and 1997).

This schedule was in effect for two years (1991-92 and 1992-93) in the L.A. Unified School District... and for both years, during the long winter break, I enrolled in winter inter-session classes, just so I'd be learning something during that long period of time. In fact, during January of the second year (1993), when I was in the 7th grade, I took a computers class and a Spanish class. I might have mentioned something about those in prior replies on this thread.


Edit: yup... in replies #354 and 362.

July 3, 1993: Former Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale, who was an ace for the team in the 1950's and 1960's and later became a broadcaster for the team, suffered a heart attack in his hotel room in Montreal (where the Dodgers were playing a weekend series against the then-Expos) and passed away, just 20 days shy of his 57th birthday. :\'(

Details can be found here, at the Wikpedia link.

On this date 20 years ago, I entered my teens. Went to see a movie with a friend, and then our families went to a nearby restaurant to have a nice meal (late lunch/early dinner). When we got home, my grandparents came over and gave us our first computer, a Mac Performa which would become obsolete very quickly.

July 22, 1993: The Great Flood of 1993 was going on; on this date, levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois ruptured, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers. :(

July 25th 1993 – Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call Seven-Day War.

July 25th 1993 – The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.

August 1st 1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.

August 23rd 1993 – The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.

September 13th 1993 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

October 16, 1993: The World Series began with the defending-champion Toronto Blue Jays playing host to the Philadelphia Phillies, who were making their first World Series appearance in ten years. Blue Jays won the opening game, 8-5. (The losing pitcher in that game for PHI was Curt Schilling, who would later win three World Series rings in the 2000 decade.)

October 23rd 1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb prematurely detonates in the Shankill area of Belfast, killing the bomber and nine civilians. Ulster loyalists retaliate a week later with the Greysteel massacre.

...and in the world of sports, the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series for the second year in a row (in Game Six), thanks to a walk-off 3-run home run by Joe Carter in the 9th inning. This was the second time in three seasons that the World Series ended on a walk-off hit (1991 Minnesota Twins, Game 7)... and the last time, to date, that the Blue Jays have reached the postseason.

...and in the world of sports, the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series for the second year in a row (in Game Six), thanks to a walk-off 3-run home run by Joe Carter in the 9th inning. This was the second time in three seasons that the World Series ended on a walk-off hit (1991 Minnesota Twins, Game 7)... and the last time, to date, that the Blue Jays have reached the postseason.


Aww, game 7 in 1991 between Minnesota & Atlanta was such a good game.  :)

Jack Morris Vs John Smoltz. I believe the winning run was scored (by Minnesota's Dan Gladden) in the 10th inning. Score was 1-0.

Aww, game 7 in 1991 between Minnesota & Atlanta was such a good game.  :)

Jack Morris Vs John Smoltz. I believe the winning run was scored (by Minnesota's Dan Gladden) in the 10th inning. Score was 1-0.

Yes, it was. Morris never even came out of that game.

October 30th 1993 – The Troubles: The Ulster Defence Association, an Ulster loyalist paramilitary, carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland. Eight civilians are murdered and thirteen wounded.

Halloween 1993... the last time I ever wore a costume for Halloween. For the record, it was a "Conehead."

November 1st 1993 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.

November 4th 1993 – A China Airlines Boeing 747 overruns Runway 13 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak International Airport while landing during a typhoon, injuring 22 people.

November 9th 1993 – Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing.

November 11th 1993 – A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

December 4th 1993 – A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.

December 5th 1993 – The mayor of Vienna, Helmut Zilk, is injured by a letter bomb.

December 10th 1993 – The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.

December 15th 1993 – The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

December 31st 1993 – Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

January 3rd 1994 – More than seven million people from the former Apartheid Homelands, receive South African citizenship.

...and I went back to school after the winter break.

Little did I know that two weeks later, I'd have to be out of school for two more weeks.

On top of the US charts 20 years ago today...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IA3ZvCkRkQ

On top of the US charts 20 years ago today...

Hero
Hero only reach Number 7 in the UK

No. 1 in the UK was "Mr Blobby" by Mr Blobby

On top of the US charts 20 years ago today...

I remember that song.

January 14, 1994, was my last day of school before the big Northridge Earthquake. And that day did not end well for me.

17 January 1994: the Northridge Earthquake rocks the Los Angeles area, causing widespread damage and claiming 57 lives. The original Richter Scale magnitude was 6.6, but was later upgraded to 6.7 (and even listed in some sources as 6.8!). It was the morning of Martin Luther King Day, a U.S. federal holiday.

For me, it was my first time experiencing a powerful earthquake, and of course my life took an unexpected turn because of this. However, our insurance was able to repair our damaged mobile home, and helped pay for our stays in hotels over the three months we could not live at home.

17 January 1994: the Northridge Earthquake rocks the Los Angeles area, causing widespread damage and claiming 57 lives. The original Richter Scale magnitude was 6.6, but was later upgraded to 6.7 (and even listed in some sources as 6.8). It was the morning of Martin Luther King Day, a U.S. federal holiday.

For me, it was my first time experiencing a powerful earthquake, and of course my life took an unexpected turn because of this. However, our insurance was able to repair our damaged mobile home, and helped pay for our stays in hotels over the three months we could not live at home.
I wasn't born yet when that happened, but my parents were living in NorCal at the time (where I was born). They had just moved up there from LA, so it freaked them out and they knew a lot of people who witnessed it.

January 18th 1994 – The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.

...and in the Los Angeles area, no one could go to school because of the earthquake that had just hit the area. In fact, many places were still without power...until sometime in the evening.

January 19, 1994: President Bill Clinton (who had taken office just about a whole year earlier) visited the Los Angeles area to view the damage caused by the Northridge Earthquake.

January 30, 1994:

The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills 30-13 in Super Bowl XXVIII, at Atlanta's Georgia Dome.

February 12th 1994 – Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.

March 12th 1994 – The Church of England ordains its first female priests.

February 12th 1994 – Four men break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.


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And I am sure the gallery had Scream on their faces when they noticed it was taken.  :P

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;D

March 12th 1994 – The Church of England ordains its first female priests.


Must have been somewhat interesting... and rather historic in a sense.

And I am sure the gallery had Scream on their faces when they noticed it was taken.  :P


;D

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;D

March 14th 1994 – Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
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March 18th 1994 – Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

March 26th 1994 - Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman

April 2nd 1994 – The National Convention of New Sudan of the SPLA/M opens in Chukudum.

April 4th 1994 – Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".

April 5, 1994 - Kurt Cobain commits suicide at the age of 27. Arguably, grunge died with him. :(

April 7th 1994 – Rwandan Genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.

April 7th 1994 – Auburn Calloway attempts to hijack FedEx Express Flight 705 and crash it to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. The crew subdues him and lands the aircraft safely.

April 5, 1994 - Kurt Cobain commits suicide at the age of 27. Arguably, grunge died with him. :(


On a related note...

April 8, 1994 - Kurt Loder breaks the news.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDjRY2aCsqY

(Sorry for the crappy sound quality! :P)

On a related note...

April 8, 1994 - Kurt Loder breaks the news.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDjRY2aCsqY

(Sorry for the crappy sound quality! :P)


It was a sad day in music history.  :(

Now this is just an introduction before I blow your mind.

...

20 years ago today, the pilot aired for a certain Nickelodeon sketch comedy show from two Head of the Class actors, Brian Robbins and Dan Schneider.

Would the world ever be the same?

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Uhhh... no?

Fresh out the box...

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Stop, look and watch!

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Ready yet? Get set!

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It's...

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In other news, I'm old. :D

Now this is just an introduction before I blow your mind.

...

20 years ago today, the pilot aired for a certain Nickelodeon sketch comedy show from two Head of the Class actors, Brian Robbins and Dan Schneider.

Would the world ever be the same?

http://www.nick.com/teennick-assets/videos/images/the-90s-are-all-that/all-that/all-that-good-burger-u-pick-clip-week-3.jpg

Uhhh... no?

Fresh out the box...

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Stop, look and watch!

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Ready yet? Get set!

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It's...

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In other news, I'm old. :D


I used to watch some episodes of All That, it wasn't that funny.

May 6th 1994 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.

May 6th 1994 – Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones files a lawsuit against United States President Bill Clinton, alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.

May 7th 1994 – Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.

May 13th 1994 – Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.

May 13th 1994 – Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.

Interesting!

That date, btw, was a Friday The 13th... and for me, I had bad luck most of the day. ::)

May 21st 1994 – The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessful attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out.

May 27th 1994 - Larry King ended his radio show

May 29th 1994 - "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 223 performances

June 12th 1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in wrongful death civil suit.

June 12th 1994 – The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight.

June 13th 1994 – A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.

June 17th 1994 – Following a police chase along Los Angeles freeways and a failed suicide attempt, actor and former American football player O. J. Simpson was arrested for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

June 17th 1994 – Following a police chase along Los Angeles freeways and a failed suicide attempt, actor and former American football player O. J. Simpson was arrested for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

An incident I remember all too well, having seen it on TV when it was live.

An incident I remember all too well, having seen it on TV when it was live.
I do recall seeing it on television news, but I do not remember if it was live or not.

I do recall seeing it on television news, but I do not remember if it was live or not.

For the most part, probably not; it happened during the early evening hours in California, so that was probably the "graveyard shift" hours in your time zone. I remember it was shortly after 8 p.m. PDT when O.J. arrived at his home, and that would be 4 a.m. (Saturday morning) your time.

I also know that I began watching it shortly after 7pm my time; we were having a party at home to celebrate my graduation from middle school, and one of my guests told me that the chase was happening live (he must've been aware of it), so I turned on the TV, and the rest is history.

OJ had apparently been expected to "turn himself in" at 11 in the morning, local time, at a local police station, where a multitude of reporters were waiting for hours...but he never showed. It wasn't until shortly after 6 p.m. PDT that O.J. was spotted (in his Ford Bronco) on a freeway in Orange County. Not too long after that, the cops began chasing him. The chase ended at approximately 8pm, as mentioned above, at his Brentwood home, taking a very long time before finally surrendering to the police, who were out there waiting for him.

For the most part, probably not; it happened during the early evening hours in California, so that was probably the "graveyard shift" hours in your time zone. I remember it was shortly after 8 p.m. PDT when O.J. arrived at his home, and that would be 4 a.m. (Saturday morning) your time.

I also know that I began watching it shortly after 7pm my time; we were having a party at home to celebrate my graduation from middle school, and one of my guests told me that the chase was happening live (he must've been aware of it), so I turned on the TV, and the rest is history.

OJ had apparently been expected to "turn himself in" at 11 in the morning, local time, at a local police station, where a multitude of reporters were waiting for hours...but he never showed. It wasn't until shortly after 6 p.m. PDT that O.J. was spotted (in his Ford Bronco) on a freeway in Orange County. Not too long after that, the cops began chasing him. The chase ended at approximately 8pm, as mentioned above, at his Brentwood home, taking a very long time before finally surrendering to the police, who were out there waiting for him.


Oddly, given the fact that I was only in grade school at the time, I also remember watching this live on television. It was a Friday, so I was spending the night over at my grandparents house. I remember walking into the living room that evening and having my grandfather tell me that O.J. Simpson was being chased by the police.

Of course, given how young I was at the time, I didn't know who the hell O.J. Simpson even was. In fact, I distinctly remember wondering if he might somehow be Bart and Lisa's brother-from-another-mother. ;D

...and during the final two weeks of June 1994, I was on my very first trip outside of California. My family and I flew to the Midwest to visit four different states. On the 25th, which was a Saturday, I was in Dubuque, Iowa.

July 16th 1994 – Fragments of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 began hitting the planet Jupiter, with the first one causing a fireball which reached a peak temperature of about 24,000 K.

July 16th 1994 – Fragments of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 began hitting the planet Jupiter, with the first one causing a fireball which reached a peak temperature of about 24,000 K.

The same day, the Three Tenors performed a special concert at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA, and recorded all the music performed onto an album with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the chorus of Los Angeles Opera.
The next day, a few miles away at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, the final match of the 1994 FIFA World Cup was played; Brazil and Italy played to a scoreless tie, but Brazil ended up winning on penalty kicks.

August 12, 1994: A baseball strike began, wiping out all the remaining scheduled games of the regular season from that day forward, as well as the postseason. :( The strike would continue into early 1995 before finally getting matters resolved.

Had there been no strike, the Montreal Expos may very well have reached the playoffs for the first time since 1981, since they had MLB's best record when the stoppage began; who knows, they might have even seen the World Series. (Still, to this date, the franchise is the only one in the NL that has never reached the World Series, even after becoming the Washington Nationals in 2005.)

Sonic & Knuckles was released, bringing an expansion to Sonic 3.

September 22, 1994: The TV sitcom "Friends" premiered on NBC.

October 24, 1994: Raul Julia died from a cancer-related stroke.

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There will never be another Gomez like him. (Sorry, John Astin.)

October 24, 1994: Raul Julia died from a cancer-related stroke.

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There will never be another Gomez like him. (Sorry, John Astin.)


love this song.

January 1, 1995: The World Trade Organization went into effect, under the Marrakech Agreement (which had been signed by 123 nations nine months beforehand).

January 17th 1995 – The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.

January 17th 1995 – The Great Hanshin earthquake: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs near Kobe, Japan, causing extensive property damage and killing 6,434 people.

It occurred exactly one year to the day after the Northridge Earthquake. :o I even remember hearing about it on the news.

It occurred exactly one year to the day after the Northridge Earthquake. :o I even remember hearing about it on the news.

Also, the magnitude and death toll for the Great Hanshin quake were much higher than those stats of the Northridge quake.

January 22nd 1995 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Beit Lid massacre: In central Israel, near Netanya, two suicide bombers from the Gaza Strip blow themselves up at a military transit point killing 19 Israelis.

1995 – The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.

January 29, 1995: Super Bowl XXIX was played at Sun Life Stadium (then known as Joe Robbie Stadium) in Miami, Florida; the San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers by a score of 49-26.

January 29, 1995: Super Bowl XXIX was played at Sun Life Stadium (then known as Joe Robbie Stadium) in Miami, Florida; the San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers by a score of 49-26.


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Here are some of the commercials from that game. Traditionally, Super Bowl commercials tend to be the most cutting edge compared to what you'd find on say Daytime TV. But thanks to HD, these feel quite old school nowadays.

January 30th 1995 – Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.

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

One thing I remember about the first few days of February 1995 was the record-breaking heat in southern California. However, the following week it got all rainy!

February 3rd 1995 – Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

February 7th 1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.

1995 – Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

1995 – The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.

1995 – The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after securities broker Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.

1995 – Zakho: A terrorist explosion in a market in the city of Zakho leaves about 100 dead and 150 wounded.

1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993.

1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.
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1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.
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Happy 20th Yahoo! :)

1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.

April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City Bombing :\'( :\'(

April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City Bombing :\'( :\'(


Yeah :\'(, My momma was pregnant with me when it took place!

April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City Bombing :\'( :\'(


Can't believe it's been 20 years. :\'(

Where I work, I received a special message from the Secretary of Transportation:

While DOT employees are often called upon to respond to the scene of tragedies that strike our Nation’s transportation system, we never expect that tragedy will find us in our offices. But that is what happened on April 19, 1995, when a terrorist’s bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.  Among the 168 victims were 8 employees of the Federal Highway Administration, and 3 from what is now known as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 

Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of their deaths. Please join me in remembering all of those who were killed, including our fallen colleagues:  Lucio Aleman, Jr., Mark A. Bolte, Michael J. Carrillo, Larry J. Jones, James K. Martin, Jerry L. Parker, Michelle A. Reeder, Rick L. Tomlin, Johnny A. Wade, Ronota A. Woodbridge, and John A. Youngblood.  Though it has been two decades since they died, their families and friends still feel the loss of their loved ones every day. 

In away given that the OJ Simpson trail was ongoing and even though we had the first WTC attack in 1993, this provided a much larger death toll and although some security was enhanced, really was the transition toward a much more secure society we had today that climaxed with 9/11.

1995 – Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.

On this day in 1995, horse Timber Country wins the 120th Preakness Stakes. Here is a sampling of a block of commercials from that day which aired locally in Baltimore from coverage of that race.

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May 23rd  1995 – The first version of the Java programming language is released.

These two films were released 20 years ago today:

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^ I remember Casper.

June 2nd 1995 – United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down by a Bosnian Serb Army SA-6 surface-to-air missile while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone over Bosnia in an F-16, but he was able to eject safely and was then rescued six days later.

^ I remember Casper.
I have seen the film too, and a stage production.

June 5th 1995 – The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.

I have seen the film too, and a stage production.

I saw part of it on TV once.



June 5th 1995 – The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.

And I remember having a dismal day at school that day. :-\\

June 7th 1995 – The long-range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.

June 24th 1995 – "Rugby World Cup final": South Africa defeats New Zealand, Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb-Ellis trophy in an iconic post-apartheid moment.

June 26th 1995 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.

June 26th 1995 – Attempted assassination of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Addis Ababa.

June 27th, 1995: Jodi Huisentruit, an Iowa television anchor, was reported missing after failing to show up for work. (She would be declared legally dead in 2001.)

June 29th 1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.

June 29th 1995 – The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.

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I first saw the movie and for someone my age at the time (10), it definitely represented the height of Rangermania with both merchandise from the series and the movie around. I also got the game for the SNES. Its a shame though that they could have skipped the opening Season 3 arc of the TV show since those weren't really necessary and in reality creates canon discontinuity. Of course you can't deny how old school the production feels compared to movies of the 21st century, but that's part of my lure of movies when they age.

June 30th 1995 - American soul singer Phyllis Hyman committed suicide by overdosing on pentobarbital and secobarbital in her New York City apartment aged 45. She was found hours before she was scheduled to perform at the Apollo Theatre, in New York.

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I first saw the movie and for someone my age at the time (10), it definitely represented the height of Rangermania with both merchandise from the series and the movie around. I also got the game for the SNES. Its a shame though that they could have skipped the opening Season 3 arc of the TV show since those weren't really necessary and in reality creates canon discontinuity. Of course you can't deny how old school the production feels compared to movies of the 21st century, but that's part of my lure of movies when they age.


Beat me to it.

20 years ago, today, June 30, 1995...

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie opened in theaters. It didn't do that well at the box office, but it's fondly remembered. It gave the world updated suits

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terrible CGI zords (and this was only two years after Jurassic Park!)

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The Ninja powers

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An awesome soundtrack (Okay, it did have that "Uh oh, we're in trouble song"  :P But nostalgia makes that song cooler)

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and Ivan Ooze

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June 30th 1995 - American soul singer Phyllis Hyman committed suicide by overdosing on pentobarbital and secobarbital in her New York City apartment aged 45. She was found hours before she was scheduled to perform at the Apollo Theatre, in New York.


"I'm tired. I'm tired. Those of you that I love know who you are. May God bless you."  :\'(

July 6th 1995 – In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and kills more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War".

July 6th 1995 - In Los Angeles, the prosecution rested at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

July 11th 1995 - Mickey Mantle made his final public appearance. It was to increase awareness of organ donation programs.

July 11th 1995 - Mickey Mantle made his final public appearance. It was to increase awareness of organ donation programs.


He died a month later.  :\'(

He died a month later.  :\'(

I remember that. :\'(

Also on that day, the All-Star Game was played at what was then known as Rangers' Ballpark at Arlington; National League beat the American League, 3-2. MVP was Jeff Conine of the Miami Marlins.

July 16th 1995 - Rap singer Queen Latifah was the victim of a car-jacking attempt that went wrong, leaving her bodyguard shot and wounded.

July 16th 1995, Wayne Osmond from The Osmonds underwent a brain tumour operation at Duke University Medical Centre, North Carolina.

July 17th 1995 - Robbie Williams left Take That. The group had scored six UK No.1 singles and two No.1 albums with Robbie in the group.

July 18th 1995 – After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano began a still-ongoing eruption, devastating the island of Montserrat.

July 18th 1995 – Dreaming of You by Selena, released posthumously, became the best-selling Latin album in the United States. It was noted by Billboard magazine as a "historic event" for Latin music.

July 21st 1995 – The Chinese People's Liberation Army began firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan, starting the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis.

July 21st 1995 - A judge in Los Angeles threw out a lawsuit against Michael Jackson by five of his former security guards. The guards had claimed they were fired for knowing too much about night-time visits by young boys to Jackson's estate. The singer denied any improprieties.

July 23rd 1995 – Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the twentieth century, was discovered by two independent observers, Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, at a great distance from the Sun.

July 25th 1995 - Grammy Award winning country singer, songwriter Charlie Rich died in his sleep aged 62 years old. Rich began as a Rockabilly artist for Sun Records in Memphis in 1958. He scored the 1974 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'The Most Beautiful Girl' and 'Behind Closed Doors', was a No.1 country hit.

July 25th 1995 – The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..

July 28th 1995 – Two followers of Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) were convicted for the attempted assassination of the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon.

August 4, 1995: "Operation Storm," the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence, began in Croatia.

August 5th 1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.

August 10th 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.

Also on August 10, 1995: The Los Angeles Dodgers gave out baseballs to paying customers as they entered the Dodger Stadium gates for a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. However, fans interrupted the game in the seventh inning when they threw these baseballs onto the field. In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Cardinals were leading the game 2-1. The first batter, Raul Mondesi, was called out on strikes and then ejected by home plate umpire Jim Quick for arguing, as was Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda moments later. Dodger fans, fueled by a series of close calls and a few rounds of alcohol, again threw their souvenir baseballs onto the field. The Cardinals left the field due to safety concerns and the field was cleaned up so play could resume. However, when the Cardinals returned to the field, at least one ball sailed out of the center field bleachers and the umpires immediately forfeited the game to St. Louis. As a result of this incident, Major League Baseball decreed that for any future promotional giveaways of baseballs or any other throwable object, the items would be given out as fans exited the stadium.

This was the most recent forfeiting of a game in Major League Baseball.

July 11th 1995 - Mickey Mantle made his final public appearance. It was to increase awareness of organ donation programs.

And today, August 13th, is the 20th anniversary of Mickey Mantle's death. :\'(

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

August 17th 1995 - Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre after an apparent suicide attempt. Police had found him at his Los Angeles home with a two-inch laceration on his wrist.

September 4th 1995 – WCW Monday Nitro makes its debut on TNT.

September 4th 1995 - Blur, Oasis, Radiohead, Paul Weller, Manic St Preachers and The Stone Roses all recorded tracks for the 'War Child' charity album, which was released five days later. All profits went to children caught up in the current war in former Yugoslavia.

September 6th 1995 – Baltimore Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. played his 2131st consecutive major league baseball game, breaking the 56-year old record set by New York Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig.

September 6th 1995 – Baltimore Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. played his 2131st consecutive major league baseball game, breaking the 56-year old record set by New York Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig.

A historical event in the world of sports indeed.

I think Ripken's streak, which he ended three years later at 2,632 games played, is going to stand for quite some time.

September 9th 1995 - Coolio featuring L.V. scored his first US No.1 single with 'Gangsta's Paradise'. The song sampled the chorus of the 1976 Stevie Wonder song 'Pastime Paradise' and featured in the 1995 movie Dangerous Minds (starring Michelle Pfeiffer). Coolio was awarded a Grammy Award for the song.

September 14th 1995 – Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan

September 14th 1995 - The lyrics to The Beatles song 'Getting Better' hand-written by Paul McCartney sold for £161,000 at a Sotheby's auction in London.

September 9th 1995 - Coolio scored his first US No.1 single with 'Gangsta's Paradise'. The song sampled the chorus of the 1976 Stevie Wonder song 'Pastime Paradise' and featured in the 1995 movie Dangerous Minds (starring Michelle Pfeiffer). Coolio was awarded a Grammy Award for the song.

Not too long after that, Weird Al would parody the song as "Amish Paradise", which Coolio was apparently unhappy about, but the two singers have since made amends (although it would take several years to do so).

Let's see... 20 years ago this month I began my sophomore year of high school and was starting to study a lot harder than I had in previous years. I also started to get popular with some girls at school!

September 22nd 1995 – Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by Sri Lankan Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil school children.

September 22nd 1995 – An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.

October 3, 1995: The O.J. Simpson "Not guilty" verdict was announced.

October 28, 1995: The Atlanta Braves won the World Series, defeating the Cleveland Indians 4 games to 2. It has been the only World Series victory for the Braves since moving to Atlanta.

In fact, it was the third of five times the Braves have reached the World Series since moving to Atlanta, all during the 1990s.

November 11, 1995

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Pop Trio 3T released their debut album "Brotherhood". The EP was dedicated to the memory of their mother, Delores Martes Jackson who had been murdered on August 27, 1994.

^ One song from that album, Anything, was a big hit for them.

^ One song from that album, Anything, was a big hit for them.


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I know.(That's the Anything single.) I have their two albums, but I can't frickin' find them at the moment. I listen to it digital now. LOL.
EDIT: I'm so used to saying two, I keep forgetting they dropped their third album on Friday. It's digital, but I bought it.  ::)

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I know.(That's the Anything single.) I have their two albums, but I can't frickin' find them at the moment. I listen to it digital now. LOL.

Cool! I just know that I remember listening to a lot of top40 radio at the time, and that was one of the songs I remember liking.

December 30, 1995: The lowest ever temperature in the United Kingdom is recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands with the temperature of −27.2 °C/−17.0 °F.

December 30, 1995: The lowest ever temperature in the United Kingdom is recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands with the temperature of −27.2 °C/−17.0 °F.

Burrr!! :o I wonder if Philip would remember this.


The very next day, Bill Watterson published his very last Calvin & Hobbes comic strip, retiring it after 10 years.

December 30, 1995: The lowest ever temperature in the United Kingdom is recorded at Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands with the temperature of −27.2 °C/−17.0 °F.


That would be too cold for New York. :o

The very next day, Bill Watterson published his very last Calvin & Hobbes comic strip, retiring it after 10 years.

And here is that final Calvin & Hobbes comic strip, published in newspapers on 31 December 1995 (20 years ago today):

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January 1, 1996: Fahd of Saudi Arabia temporarily gives power to Crown Prince Abdullah, his legal successor, due to illness.

January 3, 1996: Motorola introduces the Motorola StarTAC Wearable Cellular Telephone, the world's smallest and lightest mobile phone to date.

January 11th 1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.

January 16th 1996 - Jamaican authorities opened fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was also on the plane; neither singer was injured in the incident. The incident inspired Buffett to write a song called 'Jamaica Mistaica'.

January 17th 1996 - Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings) became the 22nd player in NHL history to score 500 goals.

January 17th 1996 – The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.

January 18th 1996 - Baseball owners unanimously approved interleague play for 1997.

January 18th 1996 - Baseball owners unanimously approved interleague play for 1997.

Ah, so that's when that happened! It was one of the many new features that helped revitalize the public interest in the sport after the 1994 strike. :)

And now, with 15 teams in the NL and 15 in the AL, it's required for the whole season, not just one part of the season like it was prior to 2013 (when the Houston Astros moved from the NL into the AL).

January 18th 1996 - Lisa Marie Presley divorced Michael Jackson after less then two years of being married.

January 19th 1996 – The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

January 19th 1996 - The NHL announced that the Winnipeg Jets could move to Phoenix.

January 20, 1996: George Burns celebrated his 100th and final birthday; he would pass away in March.

January 20, 1996: George Burns celebrated his 100th and final birthday; he would pass away in March.


At least he got to see his birthday.  :(

At least he got to see his birthday.  :(

Yep, not many people get to live to age 100. I'm glad he did.

January 20th 1996 - Bobby Brown was fined $1,000 (£560), sentenced to two years probation and ordered to attend anger management classes after assaulting a security guard.

January 21st 1996 -  Edem Ephraim and Dennis Fuller of The London Boys were killed in a car crash in The Alps, also killed was Edem's wife Bettina.

January 25th 1996 – Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the USA.

January 27th 1996 – Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

January 27th 1996 – In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.

January 27th 1996 - Babylon Zoo started a five-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Spaceman', the fastest selling single by a debut artist in the UK, (420,000 copies in 6 days). The song was used for a Levi Jeans TV commercial. The single also went to Number 1 in twenty-three other countries.

January 28th 1996 - Diana Ross performed as the featured halftime performer at Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, AZ. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17. It was the fifth Super Bowl for the Cowboys.

January 29th 1996 – President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.

January 29th 1996 – La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire.

January 29th 1996 – George Michael had the UK No.1 single with 'Jesus To A Child', the singers sixth UK No.1 as a solo artist and the first single from his come-back album 'Older', (after lengthy litigation with his record company).

February 1st 1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.

February 3rd 1996 - Queen Latifah was stopped by police for speeding who found a concealed weapon and marijuana, the singer was given two years probation.

February 3rd 1996 - Ramones claimed to have played their last gig in the UK, at The Brixton Academy, after 22 years together.

February 8th 1996 – The massive Internet collaboration 24 Hours in Cyberspace takes place.

February 8th 1996 – The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.

February 8th 1996 - Charles Barkley became the 22nd player in NBA history to reach 20,000 points.

February 9th 1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.

February 10th 1996 – The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.

February 13th 1996 - Take That split up, the biggest band of the 90s announced their demise in front of the world's press at The Hilton in Manchester, the band had achieved 7 No.1 singles & 2 No.1 albums. They released one more single and a Greatest Hits album. (Take That reformed in 1996 and have now scored another 5 No.1 albums in the UK).

February 14th 1996 - T.A.F.K.A.P. married Mayte Garcia in a Minneapolis church, he also composed a special song for his wife, 'Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife', which she heard for the first time when they had their first wedding dance. Garcia had appeared on the US television program 'That's Incredible!' at the age of 8 as the world's youngest professional belly dancer. She came to the attention of Prince in 1990 when her mother submitted a video cassette of Mayte performing. The couple split in 1998.

February 14th 1996 - T.A.F.K.A.P. married Mayte Garcia in a Minneapolis church, he also composed a special song for his wife, 'Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife', which she heard for the first time when they had their first wedding dance. Garcia had appeared on the US television program 'That's Incredible!' at the age of 8 as the world's youngest professional belly dancer. She came to the attention of Prince in 1990 when her mother submitted a video cassette of Mayte performing. The couple split in 1998.

Yes, Prince was known by that silly moniker during that time. ::)

btw, it was on this date 20 years ago that I started my tradition of handing out valentine chocolates (from See's Candies) to the girls. http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/valentine/smiley.gif

btw, it was on this date 20 years ago that I started my tradition of handing out valentine chocolates (from See's Candies) to the girls. http://www.inthe00s.com/Smileys/valentine/smiley.gif
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February 15th 1996 – At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.

February 15th 1996 - The NCAA football rules committee voted to require a tiebreaker in all NCAA football games.

February 15th 1996 - It was reported that Take That were the UK's biggest single selling artists with sales over 3.9.million.

February 17th 1996 – The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.

February 17th 1996 – NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.

February 17th 1996 – In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.

February 17th 1996 - A Platinum American Express card once belonging to Bruce Springsteen was sold for $4,500 (£2,650) at a New York memorabilia sale. The singer had given the expired card to a waiter in a LA restaurant by mistake and let them keep it as a souvenir.

February 18th 1996 - Frankie Fredericks of Namibia became the first man to run 200 meters under 20 seconds indoors. He set the record at 19.92 seconds.

February 19th 1996 - Charles Barkley (Phoenix Suns) got his 10,000th career rebound. He became only the 10th NBA player to reach 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in a career.

February 19th 1996 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) became the second youngest NHL goaltender and 12th overall to reach 300 career victories.

February 19th 1996 - Bjork was shown on UK breakfast TV attacking a news reporter as she arrived at Bangkok International Airport. The footage showed the singer pulling the female reporter to the floor and banging her head on the ground. Bjork later apologised for the attack.

February 19th 1996 - Winners at this year's Brit Awards included Paul Weller who won British Male Solo Artist, British Female Solo Artist went to Annie Lennox, Oasis won British Group, Best Album for ‘(What's The Story) Morning Glory' and Best British Video for ‘Wonderwall. British Breakthrough Act went to Supergrass, International Group was Bon Jovi, International Breakthrough Act went to Alanis Morissette and David Bowie was awarded Outstanding Contribution to music. Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker was arrested after a stage invasion during Michael Jackson's appearance, (who won Artist of a Generation). Cocker was accused of attacking children who were performing with Jackson; all charges against Cocker were dropped on March 11th of this year.

February 28th 1996 - Grammy award winners included Alanis Morissette who won album of the year for Jagged Little Pill, best female rock vocal & best song for 'You Oughta Know', Nirvana's 'Unplugged won best alternative album and Coolio best rap performance with 'Gangsta's Paradise.'

...and the Record Of The Year award went to "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal.

February 29th 1996 – Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, all 123 passengers and crew died.

February 29th 1996 - A television summit was held between U.S. President Clinton and broadcast industry representatives. At the meeting, the American television, cable and production community announced that it would establish and implement a voluntary rating system by January 1, 1997.

February 29th 1996 - The Dallas Mavericks set an NBA record with 18 3-pointers in a game. They also set a record with 12 3-pointers in a half.

February 29th 1996 - Status Quo sued Radio 1 for £250,000 ($425,000) on the grounds that the BBC station was breaking the law by not including their new record on their playlist.

February 29th 1996– American musician, songwriter and record producer, Wes Farrell died aged 56. He was one of the writers behind The Partridge Family American TV show and also wrote 'Hang On Sloopy' the 1965 hit for The McCoys.

February 29th 1996 – Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, all 123 passengers and crew died.

How sad. :\'( :\'( :\'(

For some reason I don't remember it though.

All I remember about the day is what I did... went to school, had an appointment in the afternoon, and had dinner out with my family. (It was a Thursday.)

March 1st 1996 - Lenny Wilkens won his 1,000th game as a coach in the NBA.

March 1st 1996 - The Dallas Mavericks set a record when they attempted 44 3-point shots in a game against the Vancouver Grizzlies.

March 2nd 1996 - The first episode of "Pacific Blue" aired.

March 2nd 1996 - Oasis scored their second UK No.1 single when 'Don't Look Back In Anger' went to No.1. From the bands 'What's The Story Morning Glory' album it was the first Oasis single to feature Noel on lead vocals instead of his brother, Liam Gallagher.

March 4th 1996 - The remaining Beatles issued a statement that they had turned down an offer to tour together. The deal was offered at $225 million.

March 4th 1996 - The single "Real Love" was released in the U.K. The song was originally featured on Lennon's "Imagine" soundtrack.

March 4th 1996 – A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.

March 7th 1996 - Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers) became the second player to reach 10,000 assists.

March 8th 1996 - The first episode of "Muppets Tonight!" aired.

March 9th 1996 – Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher walked off stage during a gig at the Vernon Valley Gorge ski resort in New Jersey because his hands were too cold to play.

Also on March 9, 1996: Comedian George Burns passed away at age 100, from cardiac arrest. :\'(