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pioneered awestward Stagecoaches offer public passenger service,
route to the spice-rich and covering 15 miles a day is considered a
East Indies,Christopher good speed. The coaches travel in stages,
Columbus lands in the changing horses at each stop. As a result, the
Bahamas. At the time of stagecoach line is born.
first European contact,
about 90 million Native
Americans live in North
and South America.

Spanish explorer Hernando Cortes
• introduces horses from Spain into the New

World,changing transportation and culture
for Native Americans. Cortes carries out a
harsh conquest of Montezuma and the Aztecs.

..L_ Pilgrimages to religious sites are seen as

1'!J acts of faith. Roads and towns develop along

the pilgrim routes, expanding trade and
communication in Europe. Beginning in
1096, Crusades to the distant Holy Land
expose Europeans to Arab culture.

111 Leif Ericson ' Chinese Invent Marco Polo ' Mercator creates 1 First Conestoga : ' Vulcanized rubber :,' Transcontinental
reaches North magnetic compass. travels to China. his world map. wagons are built. is invented. railroad spans U.S.
America.

Gondolas first London Bridge Portuguese Mayflower lands Lewis and Clark Practical Public rides
appear in Venice. is built. explorers start at Plymouth Rock. explore American West. internal-combustion first escalator.
slave trade. : , 1 engine appears.
I' ' II 'II

_...__ Pirates terrorize ..£.... During the Revolutionary War, a submarine is
.-.....- the seas between
1690 and 1730. One of the . . used in battle for the first time. Built by American
most notorious pirates is David Bushnell, the one-person vessel is powered by a
Edward Teach, known as hand-cranked propeller. 1\ventieth-century submarines
"Blackbeard." The fictional are complex, nuclear-powered craft used for defense and
Captain Hook first appears scientific purposes.
in the 1904 play "Peter
Pan" which inspires
books, musicals and films
throughout the century.

i • The first practical wheelchairs provide new ~ France's
~ Montgolfier
8 mobility for those unable to walk. Early brothers launch the
first hot-air balloon.
} Filled with smoke,
the silk balloon rises
.1 0 0 0Birchbark canoes provide transportation for to 6,000 feet. Later
models of wheelchairs have three wheels that year, the first
and hand cranks to propel the chair forward. passengers go
aloft- a rooster, a
• many Native Americans. The canoes are made duck and a sheep.
with a light wood frame covered with pieces

of bark sewn together and made watertight

with melted pitch.

first underground
railway opens in
London in 1863. By
1904, New York City
inaugurates its first
rapid-transit subways.

Humans ...4..... Henry Ford's moving
• 'I achieve . . assembly line makes cars

powered flight. The affordable to the masses.
Ford produces the first
first flight of Wilbur Model Tin 1908. In 1964,
the sporty Ford Mustang
and Orville Wright's rolls out at $2,368 and
sets an all-time record
• Tr~~el by r~il revol~tionizes la~d.tra~sportation. Flyer lasts 12 seconds for first-year sales of a
and carries Orville new model.
Bntish engmeer Richard TreV1th1ck mvents the to a height of 10 feet
first steam locomotive in 1804, but it is 1825 above the beach at
before railroads haul passengers.
Kitty Hawk, N.C.

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First drive-in gas Lindbergh Illes Hindenberg Humans first Supersonic Pioneer 10 Pathfinder
station opens. solo, nonstop zeppelin crashes. orbit Earth. passenger spacecraft leaves and Sojourner
over Atlantic. flight begins. solar system. explore Mars.
Cleveland, Ohio, Jet airline
pioneers Parking passenger McDonald's NASA develops "Chunnel" links Piloted balloon
trattic lights. meters appear. service begins. starts drive- space shuttle. U.K. to France. circles globe nonstop.
through service.
1:

_.,_ On her maiden ~ Man walks on
~ themoon.
'fl'....- voyage, the great Apollo 11 astronauts
Neil Armstrong and
steam passenger ship Buzz Aldrin plant the
Titanic, thought to be American flag 238,000
unsinkable, goes down miles from Earth as an
after hitting an iceberg in estimated 600 million
the North Atlantic. Of the people on Earth watch
more than 2,200 persons on television.
aboard the ship, about
1,500 perish.

~ Freeways change the nature and pace of
• travel in America. In 1956, President

Eisenhower authorizes construction of the
Interstate Highway System. By the 1990s,
this nationwide network includes more than
42,500 miles of highways.

First built in 1903, the Harley-Davidson Orbital construction of the International
• becomes America's best-known motorcycle in • Space Station (!SS) begins in 1998 when

the 1950s. Raw power and a distinctive rumble space shuttle Endeavor crew members
appeal to rebels of the 1950s and 1960s and connect the station's first two sections.
to business executives of the 1990s. !SS is to become the largest cooperative
space mission in history.

. a John Montagu, 4thEarl of Sandwich, ins

T his servants to bring him his meat between

Europe by storm. two pieces of bread. This way he can eat with

Brought to Spain from one hand while continuing to play cards with

Mexico, chocolate is the other. The term "sandwich" is born.

so costly that

Europeans water it

down for use as a drink.

Natives of Mexico have

prized chocolate since

ancient times.

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~ As the millennium begins, European peasant __.,__Europe's first
• food is plain and often scarce. Feasting on
~coffeehouse
meat is reserved for the wealthy. Table
utensils include only a knife; most people opens in England. By
just eat with their hands. Slabs of dense 1700, there are 2,000
bread, called trenchers, serve as plates. coffeehouses in London
alone. Early coffeehouses
are important places to
transact business. Lloyd's
Coffeehouse evolves into
Lloyd's of London, the
giant insurance brokerage.

11 Spices are 111 Spice trade Native Americans Potato famine ·' Jell-0 is a Tupperware '·' Packaged salads 111
introduce popcorn new treat. is introduced. become available.
costly luxuries. inspires swells Irish
to colonists. emigration.
exploration.

World's first Forks first Boston Tea Party Canned foods First commercial Pop-top cans Organic food
restaurant opens appear on tables. fuels rebellion. appear in stores. piueria opens. are created. sales soar.
in China.
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--~ Swanson creates
~ the 1V dinner,

sold in boxes designed to
look like television sets.
Frozen dinners are
possible because of
Clarence Birdseye's 1929
invention of early methods
for freezing food.

Domestic ice chests provide early refrigeration.
• Blocks of ice are cut, delivered to homes and

sold for use in kitchen ice chests. It is the
early 1930s before reliable electric home

refrigerators are in common use.

~Alexander ...£.... America's first large self-service supermarket

,,.,..... Campbell, . . opens, followed by the invention of the grocery
shopping cart in 1937. During the Depression,
Brooklyn, is the supermarkets become a significant part of the
first to deliver milk food distribution network.
in glass bottles.
.For many years the 1000 .L. Choices expand in school lunch programs.
neighborhood
milkman is the . . . Agrowing number of public schools begin
most common way featuring national fast-food outlets and soft
to obtain fresh milk, drink brands in the school lunchroom.
before the age
of supermarkets.

..£... Archery competition is a common pastime in ....__ Golfisa
~....- popular
. . . the Middle Ages. Archery skill is so important
that English kings ban football because it sport in Scotland. In
1552, Saint Andrews
takes men away from archery practice. is a favorite place
for golfing. Mary,
Queen of Scots is
reportedly the first
woman golfer and
helps spread golf's
popularity in Europe.

Europeans 11 German bowlers Norway Introduces Ice hockey :· James Naismith LEGO company Football tans
invent checkers use wooden •ins, alpine skiing originates Invents basketball. opens in Denmark. enjoy first
and darts. stone ball. as sport. in Canada. Super Bowl.

French enjoy Native Americans Scottish blacksmtth Coney Island YO·YO is Barbie is born. Game consoles
early form play lacrosse. invents pedal bicycle. Installs first Introduced incorporate
of tennis. ::, roller coaster. , 1 in U.S. PC technology.
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_..__ Baseball is first
~.....- played as an

organized sport at Hoboken,
NJ., when the New York Club
defeats the Knickerbocker
Baseball Club on June 19.
More than 100 years later,
Jackie Robinson breaks the
color barrier in major league
baseball in 1947.

..£... Parker Brothers introduces Monopoly, which __.Michael

. . . becomes one of the world's most successful ~Jordan,
board games. By the late 1990s, the popular
game is available on interactive CD. considered by
many to be
..£... Athens, Greece, hosts the first modern basketball's
greatest player,
• Olympics. Winter Games are not held until retires from
1924. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, American the NBA His
figure skaters Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan talents lead the
win the gold and silver medals respectively, Chicago Bulls
and China's Lu Chen wins the bronze. to six NBA
championships
in the 1990s.

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-A William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
T is first performed. London's Globe Theater

opens in 1599, where many of his plays are
staged. By 1600, the great playwright pens
at least 20 plays.

eventually evolves into
a formal alphabet for
communication by the
hearing impaired.

_..!.. Literacy is reserved for the clergy and a few ~Johann

. . . students. Monks and scribes laboriously ~ Gutenberg
copy books by hand using goose-quill pens. invents a way to mass-
Books are such rare treasures that in some produce the written
libraries they are chained to the shelf. word. He devises the
first Western movable-
type system and a new
kind of printing press.
Gutenberg's inventions
speed the spread of
knowledge and literacy.

Most Europeans 1 , Chinese Europe expands use ', Printed 1 Leonardo da Vinci , 1 Clockmaker , Declaration
of Arabic numerals. music appears. paints Mona Lisa. designs first of Independence
are illiterate. invent first minute hand. creates U.S.

movable type.

Japanese woman Some societies Chaucer pens Lead pencils make British Navy Mozart composes Braille develops
writes the first novel. use smoke Canterbury Tales. writing easier. originates signal symphony at
11 signals. ,, flag messages. reading system
11: II ,, age eight.
: 1 for the blind.

Thefirst . . . Instant long-distance communication is possible.

I T Samuel Morse invents the telegraph and a

• regularly dot-dash code to carry messages over awire.
printed newspaper is
a four-page weekly In 1851, Hiram Sibley founds Western Union
publication, the Relation, Telegraph Company.
printed in Germany. It is
1702 before the first daily
newspaper appears, The
Daily Courant of London.

One if by land, two if by sea. Lanterns signal ~ Frenchman Nicephore Niepce creates the American Christopher
the advance of British troops, and Paul . . first permanent photograph. His partner, Sholes invents the
Revere rides to warn American colonists typewriter. To keep rapid
of the attack. His famous ride also signals Louis Daguerre, carries Niepce's work typists from jamming the
the beginning of the American Revolution. keys, Sholes designs the
further by inventing a process of capturing keyboard so that
frequently combined
10 0 0images on metal plates. letters are located far apart.
This layout lasts into the
computer age.

patents the telephone. . . . Guglielmo Marconi invents the radio,
By the end of the
millennium, missing T providing awayfor sound to travel long
a phone call is almost distances without the use of wires. During
impossible as answering the 1920s and 1930s, radio is the primary
machines take instant source of news and family entertainment
messages. Cell phones,
for most Americans.
beepers and voice
mail expand
munication options.

..J... Austria introduces the first postcards. For patents a practical electric
light bulb. Electric lights
. . . only pennies, postcards keep people in touch have a profound effect
before telephones are common. Calling cards, on society, increasing
opportunities for reading,
commercial valentines and other printed writing, socializing
and working.
personal greetings are popular customs.

:,1 Pony Express :1, Viewers marvel Io Mickey Mouse Bell Labs invents King delivers ,,, Vietnam War ':' Berlin Wall falls.
carries mail. at early appears on film. first transistor. "I Have aDream"
silent movies. speech. sparks protests.
Russia
Edison Invents U.S. women Drive-in theaters launches Sputnik. TV carries MTV goes on air. HDTV becomes
phonograph. win right to vote. anract crowds. President Kennedy's availab.le.
funeral. 1:
II

_._ Movie making the mass market, thus
~.....- experiences a paving the way for
desktop publishing.
"golden age" in the late By 1990, laptop notebqok
1930s and early 1940s. In 1939, computers allow people
Gone With the Wind and to compute from
The Wizard ofQz premiere. almost anywhere.
Citizen Kane follows in 1941,
and Casablanca in 1942. Studio
giants are MGM, Paramount,
RKO and Warner Brothers.

,,,L Elvis Presley's unique blend of

. . blues, country, rock and gospel draws adoring
fans and makes him "the King"of rock and roll.

In 1956, his debut album becomes the first in

history to sell a million copies.

_L Television is invented in 1926, and regular ~ Millions of people worldwide cruise the
. . . Information Highway via the Internet, and
. . network 1V broadcasts begin after World War
II. One of 1V's most popular shows is CBS's instantaneous e-mail communication
"I Love Lucy," premiering in 1951. Television
transforms almost every aspect of life in the becomes common. As the millennium
ends, computer, TY, video and telephone
twentieth century.
technologies begin to converge.

new ideas, including
that of the glass mirror.
In 1278, the glass mirror
is produced in Venice,
Italy, and Europeans
see themselves clearly
for the first time.

Medieval knights wear a short wool tunic Medieval men's shoes have long,
• and a coat of chain mail. Gauntlets (heavy pointed toes. Individuals of higher
social status are allowed to have longer
leather gloves) and sword complete the points on their shoes, some as long as 18 inches.
attire, which is so costly only wealthy men Moss stuffed into the toe maintains its shape.
can afford to be knights.

111 Europeans wear ., Spectacles ' ': Toothbrush is invented. , 1 High heels are ' 1 "Flappers" w.w. II prompts Afro hairdo 111
originate in Italy. popular for men wear bobbed hair, shoe rationing. is popular.
simple tunics and women. short dresses.
and leggings.

Buttons appear Men and women Cosmetics Corsets and Nylon stockings Hair gets long, "Retro"
as decoration, wear earrings. and perfume bustles are first appear. skirts get short. fashions mimic
1 not fasteners. 1 come into fashion. : 1 essential attire. earlier decades.
1,:

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_..__ Men and women ~ Wit~ flo~ers in
~.....- wear elaborate ~ their hair and

powdered wigs made of everywhere, hippies
express their philosophy
human hair, horsehair and of world peace and love.
goat hair. Because the Hippies favor bell-bottom
large wigs are heavy and jeans, granny dresses,
hot, some people shave bare feet, long hair,
their heads and wear a beads, headbands and
cloth cap under the wig to bright colors.
absorb perspiration.

Young Levi Strauss comes to America in
• the 1850s and makes riveted canvas work

pants for California gold miners. When he
switches from canvas to blue denim, Strauss
unknowingly creates one of America's
greatest contributions to fashion.

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Indoor malls are popular with teens not only
_L, The Industrial Revolution brings mass-produced • for shopping, but also for socializing. The
. . . textiles, standard clothing sizes and the first
first enclosed mall is built in 1956. In 1992,
ready-to-wear garments. In 1851, Isaac Singer the Mall of America, the largest mall in the
invents the home-use sewing machine. U.S., opens in Minnesota.

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EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic _._ On October 12, the world's official population
Ocean on October 31, killing all 217 people
on board. Although suspicious actions of a T hits 6billion. The designated 6billionth human
pilot are under scrutiny by American and
Egyptian officials, the cause of the crash is a baby boy born in Sarajevo.
remains a mystery.

~ As part of Rome's continuing restoration, the
• city unveils a plan to create an 18,000-square-yard

rambling space connecting the Imperial Forums
with the Roman Forum.

In September, _._ In an October coup, the Pakistani army dismisses
more than , , elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and
300,000 Japanese
are checked his government after Sharif announces the
for radiation removal of his powerful military chief, General
exposure after Pervaiz Musharraf.
an inadvertent
nuclear reaction ...!.,_ Nearly a million ethnic Albanians flee Yugoslavia
at a uranium - . - and thousands are killed after Serbs begin a
processing plant.
violent ethnic cleansing campaign in 1998.
Seventy-eight days of NATO bombing bring the
war to an end in June. An international tribunal
later charges Yugoslav President Slobodan
Milosevic with crimes against humanity.

_L In a violent October coup, gunmen storm ..!.. In India, two trains collide head-on in August,

• the Armenian Parliament and assassinate • killing 285 people and injuring more than 300.
Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian and six It is one of the worst train disasters in the
other top officials. country's history.

& In September, Russia begins a military campaign
T against Chechen nationalists to regain control of

the breakaway republic. More than 200,000 people

flee the region, but a fierce rebel resistance
stays to fight for control of the capital, Grozny.

,,!._ In June, Thabo Mbeki succeeds President Nelson -A- After almost nine years in power, Russian President •Archaeologists
• Mandela, South Africa's first democratically T Boris Yeltsin announces his resignation in January
excavate 105
elected president. 2000. Yeltsin names Prime Minister Vladimir Putin mummies in a
2,000-year-old
acting president pending elections in March. underground
Egyptian tomb
~ In September and October, powerful earthquakes believed to contain
........- strike around the globe, killing 15,000 people in a total of 10,000
mummies. The
Turkey, 1,450 in Taiwan and at least 122 in Greece. necropolis will shed
new light on the
Greco-Roman era
and will allow
scholars to chart
demographic data
and the incidence
of disease.

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...!.. On December 31, the U.S. returns control of .J... In December, torrential rains cause Venezuela's

• the Panama Canal to Panama. Opened to the • worst natural disaster of the century. Mudslides
world in 1914, the canal is considered one of and flash floods kill up to 30,000 people, while
the greatest construction achievements in
American history. damage estimates run into the billions of dollars.

,.!,_ In July, John F. Kennedy Jr., 38, his wife, Carolyn

• Bessette Kennedy, 33, and her sister, Lauren
Bessette, 34, die in an airplane crash in the
Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard. Kennedy,
a relatively inexperienced pilot, is believed to
have become disoriented in heavy fog.

Hurricane Floyd • Beginning in 1999, the U.S. Mint
strikes the East
Coast in September, T releases speciallydesigned
killing 51 people and
destroying over state quarters, the first
4,000 homes. North five representing
Carolina is hardest Connecticut,
hit with total damages Georgia, Delaware,
estimated at a record Pennsylvania and
$6 billion. New Jersey. By 2008,
each state will have
,.!,_ The drought of 1999 causes severe damage to its own quarter.

• Northeastern and mid-Atlantic farms. Several
states impose mandatory water use restrictions
and emergency federal loans are made available
in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia
and West Virginia.

.L President Clinton announces the removal of .£._ In November, a 60-foot log tower collapses at

• the American bald eagle from the endangered • Texas A&M University, killing 12 students and
species list. In 1999, there are over 5,800 injuring 27. The tower was to be burned at a
traditional bonfire pep rally.
breeding pairs, an increase from 417 in 1963.

..!.. In November, protesters at the World Trade __,,A Despite

• Organization (WTO) summit in Seattle provoke a ........- 30years
show of force by local, state and federal officers. of official denial,
Protesters blame the WTO for eroding human in December a
rights and labor and environmental standards. jury finds the
assassination of
Reverend Martin
Luther King Jr.
was the result
of a conspiracy,
not the act of a
lone gunman.

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· An epidemic of rampage

• shootings intensifies America's growing concern

over gun control. Many state legislatures pass new

gun-control measures despite nationwide controversy

over restrictions vs. Second Amendment rights.

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In August, a female panda is born at the San
Diego Zoo. Hua Mei, which can mean "China USA:'
or "Splendid Beauty," is the first panda born in
the Western Hemisphere in nearly a decade.

\-S00-4M'i-1'£.£.N ..!.. In September, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates

,,,.!._ Abumper sticker invites drivers to call a • and his wife Melinda announce the creation of the
Gates Millennium Scholars Program. The Gateses
• toll-free number to report reckless driving. will donate $1 billion over the next 20 years to
Officials hope the system will help parents stay finance scholarships for minority college students.
informed about their teenagers' driving habits.

,.!._ Cosmetic companies increasingly use _.,,A Acontinuation of the
- . - entertainment celebrities instead of models for
........- cargo pants trend,
their advertisements. Sarah Michelle Gellar, messenger bags with
Jennifer Love Hewitt,Jennifer Lopez and Shania pockets galore hang
1\vain are among the celebs who appear in ads. at the hips of teens
everywhere.
With the huge
increase in cell ,.!._ In August, a Levi Strauss & Co. megastore opens
phones, many • in San Francisco. The store features a hot tub
cities enact laws
restricting their where shoppers can soak in their jeans for the
use while driving. perfect fit and a computer-scanning system to
Restaurants and help customers get the right size.
theaters are also
requiring patrons
to turn phones
off as a courtesy
to others.

,.!._ Apple Computer introduces its new iBook laptop ,.!._ Anew line of scented candles called Aromapharmacy
• in September. The super-slim, neon-colored • comes in amber glass containers and looks like

units follow the highly successful launch of the prescription drug bottles with creative names such
translucent iMac desktop. as Ritalert, Cramprin and Valiumello.

Shawls and wraps ' lnline skaters can no
show up everywhere with the new Roller Cycle Personal Power
in the fashion Accelerator featuring a 1.5-hp-driven wheel. An
world. Hollywood optional spiked rubber tire for traction makes it
celebrities like also possible to use while cross-country skiing.
Salma Hayek sport
the fashion trend
in all colors
and fabrics .

..!. Wireless Web access becomes a reality in Stretchy nylon
jewelry that looks
• September when Sprint PCS announces the like skin tattoos
first nationwide wireless data service. Shortly is a big hit in 1999.
thereafter, several other providers debut similar The nylon bands
service for hand-held Web phones. are worn around
necks, wrists,
for vests starts a trend across arms and ankles,
America that has teenagers wearing ' and come in
the fashionable sleeveless jackets. several colors.
_......_._ Several rappers start their own clothing lines,
........- making hip-hop wear big business. Popular

artist labels include FUBU, Roe-A-Wear, Phat
Farm, Wu Wear, Sean John and X-Large.

_..!._ Magellan, a satellite navigation system for ..!. Agrowing number of U.S. school cafeterias offer
• motorists, offers complete U.S. mapping data,
• pruneburgers, a healthy low-fat combination
voice and visual instructions in seven languages,
turn-by-turn directions and a library of points of hamburger and prune puree. Other prune
items in the works include hot dogs, pizza sauce,
of interest.
barbecue sauce and gingerbread,cookies.

...£... The Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis and Haley _._ Launched in January 1999, M1V's "The Tom Green

• Joel Osment is the No. 1box office hit for five T Show" becomes one of the season's most popular
consecutive weekends in the summer.
shows. The Canadian host's bizarre man-on-the-
•After 19 street pranks are the show's main attraction.

nominations,
Susan Lucci finally
wins an Emmy
Award for best
actress in a
daytime drama
series for her role
as Erica Kane on
the ABC soap opera
"All My Children."

,,!_ The Blair Witch Project, the year's surprise movie

• hit, is the documentary-style footage of three
students lost in the Maryland woods and
threatened by the presumed Blair Witch. The film
costs $100,000 to make and grosses $140 million.

,,!_ Jennifer Love Hewitt leaves "Party of Five" to star in _..L In June, Mike Myers' sequel Austin Powers: The
• Spy Who Shagged Me proves to be a bigger hit
- . - her own Fox television drama, "Time of Your Life."
The show focuses on Hewitt's character trying than the 1997 original. Dr. Evil's alter ego Mini-Me
to make it in New York while searching for her
biological father. is extremely popular even though he has no lines.

portrays zany suburbia and family dysfunction receives a total
comedian Andy of six Golden Globe nominations.
Kaufman in Man
on the Moon.
Carrey wins a
Golden Globe
award for his
performance .

..!._ The new arcade game Guitar Freaks features Medusa, the
• two guitar controllers and a screen to help world's first
floorless roller
players follow along to popular songs. coaster, opens
in August at Six
,.!. Set in 1980, the critically acclaimed NBC Flags Great
Adventure in
• show "Freaks and Geeks" follows two groups New Jersey.
of teens trying to make their way through The 4,000-foot,
high school. toe-dangling
ride has enough
_.....&_ The long-awaited prequel Star Wars:Episode I The drops, loops,
....,....- Phantom Menace hits theaters in May 1999, taking rolls and
corkscrews
in a record-breaking $28.5 million on its opening to thrill
day and going on to gross more than $420 million. every rider.

J.. In September, the New Roe City entertainment ...!,. The Talented Mr. Ripley,starring Matt Damon,

• center opens in New York.The complex includes • Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett,
an amusement park ride on the roof, two skating opens in December and earns popular and
rinks, 19 movie screens, restaurants, an arcade, a
critical praise.
health club, a supermarket and a hotel.

-& Superstar Mariah Carey releases Rainbow in
T November and begins aworld tour in February

2000. Carey is named Billboard Music Awards Artist
of the Decade and is awarded the distinguished
American Music Award of Achievement.

Britney Spears' released in September.
album ...Baby The CDs feature 30 of the
One More Time is 600 musical acts that have
the second-best-
selling album
of 1999, earning
Spears the
Billboard Music
Awards Female
and New Artist of
the Year Awards.

.i._ Limp Bizkit leads the way in the resurgence of
• rock music, along with Kid Rock and Korn. In

September, M1V showcases the trend by airing
"1999: Return of the Rock," which examines the
history and future of rock music.

.J.. Computer games feature big music stars on .J.. Backstreet Boys' Millennium wins the Billboard

• their soundtracks. Sheryl Crow contributes her • Music Awards Album of the Year and becomes
talent to the Tomorrow Never Dies soundtrack, the best-selling album of the year with over 10
Metallica to Hot Wheels Turbo Racing and million copies sold.
Naughty by Nature to NBA Live 2000.

Lou Bega's _._ "NetAid," a concert dedicated to relieve hunger
rhythmic "Mambo
No. 5" hits the T and poverty, airs live in October on MTV, VHI,
Top 40 in August
after selling 2 the BBC, as well as radio stations in 120
million copies
overseas and nations, making it the widest-heard musical
topping the chart
in 15 countries. performance in history.

,.L In a strange twist, Garth Brooks releases the album Shania 1\vain becomes
the first woman since
- . - The Life of Chris Gaines in which he pretends to 1986 to win the Country
be a fictional rock star. Gaines will be the main Music Association's
character in a movie called The wmb, currently Entertainer of the Year
Award at the 33rd annual
in development. awards show.

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that compresses sound into avery small
file, becomes a popular alternative to
the CD. MP3 files are downloaded from
the Internet onto computers or portable
player units, making it possible to take
a personal music selection anywhere.

_....._._ VHI 's "Concert of the Century" spotlights the
.........,- importance of music educationin schools. The

all-star show includes Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Eric
Clapton and B.B. King, as well as high-profile actors.

,,1_ Fiona Apple releases her long-awaited second ,,,L_ Ricky Martin takes the music industry by storm
-.- album to rave reviews in November and begins -.- after his show-stopping performance at the 1999

a tour in February 2000. The album features a Grammy Awards show. Martin's first chart-topping
90-word title, which is commonly shortened to single, "Livin' la Vida Loca," helps him win the
Billboard Music Award for Male Artist of the Year.
When the Pawn.

• Lance Armstrong wins the 1999 Tour de Fra _._ The Dallas Stars beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1

T in July. Armstrong, who survived a three-year T in triple overtime to win the 1999 Stanley Cup

battle with testicular cancer, becomes the championship, four games to two.

second American to win the event.

David Cone of the New York Yankees pitches •In September,
a perfect game against the Montreal Expos in
July. Cone's feat is the 14th perfect game in tennis phenom
modern baseball history. Serena Williams,
17, overpowers
__.&.__ Go!f Martina Hingis
-.........- champion to win the 1999
Payne Stewart is U.S. Open title.
killed in a bizarre
airplane accident ,L The St. Louis Rams stop the Tennessee Titans
in October. After
the airplane 's • at the I-yard line on a final play to save their
takeoff from 23-16 Super Bowl XXXIVvictory.
Florida, an
apparent loss of
cabin pressure
incapacitates
everyone aboard.
The aircraft flies
on autopilot for
four hours until it
runs out of fuel
and crashes in
South Dakota.

,L The Houston Comets earn their third straight ,.!.. Dale Jarrett wins the 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup

• WNBA championship in September, beating • championship after a four-victory season.
the New York Liberty 59-47 to win in three
straight games.

• Andre Agassi wins the French Open in June

T and becomes the fifth man ever to complete a

In the January career Grand Slam. Agassi goes on to win the

2000 Sugar Bowl, U.S. Open in September.

No. 1Florida

State beats No. 2

Virginia Tech

46-29 to capture

the National

Championship.

& Travis Pastrana, 15, wins the gold medal in the X

T Games' inaugural Moto Xfreestyle motocross event.

The fifth year of this ESPN-sponsored competition

..l.. In July, the U.S. women's soccer team wins the is held in San Francisco in June and July.

• 1999 World Cup by beating China 5-4 in penalty

kicks following a 0-0 tie. More than 90,000 fans _...&_ In June,
....,..- theSan
attend at the Rose Bowl and another 40 million Antonio Spurs win
their first NBA
watch on television. championship by
defeating the New
York Knicks four
games to one.

_...&_The New York Yankees win the 1999 World
..........- Series in a four-game sweep against the

Atlanta Braves.

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.J... The U.S. team beats the European team to win .J... Twenty-year professional hockey veteran Wayne

• golf's Ryder Cup at Brookline, Massachusetts, in • Gretzky announces his retirement in April 1999
September. The American's stirring comeback after setting or tying 61 records. Two months
is marred by unruly galleries and a premature later, "The Great One" is inducted into the
victory celebration. Hockey Hall of Fame.

Pyramids •
Cairo, Egypt

. . Times Square
New York City,
New York

As time zones welcome the new millennium
on January 1, the world celebrates with
grandeur, pageantry and spectacular
fireworks. President Clinton gives a hopeful
speech in the minutes before midnight at
the Washington Monument, and 2million
people gather in Times Square to watch
the specially built 1,000-pound Waterford
crystal ball drop at midnight.

• Space Needle
Seattle , Washington

,.!.. Fearing the collapse of the world's banks, utilities _l.. Asurprising number of people, appalled by the
• exorbitant costs of travel and events, decide to stay
• and transportation systems, thousands of people
stock up on food,water, money, ammunition and home on New Year's Eve. Many companies and
generators. After midnight, it soon becomes performers drastically slash prices as a last-minute lure.
apparent that the preparations were unnecessary.
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