Occopodian 1999

I/ Mentally unstable Russell O ATitanic exhibit tours the U.S. featuring over
Eugene Weston Jr. charges 200 artifacts and displays chronicling the fateful
into the U.S. Capitol ship's maiden voyage and tragic sinking.
building on July 24 and
fatally shoots Special Agent
John Gibson and Officer
Jacob Chestnut.

C, Northwest Airlines
pilots strike for
17 days in August
and September
causing more than
27,000 canceled
flights and a loss
of $338 million.

Reuters/Jim Bourg/Archive Photos

C Reform Party C In response to family pressure, DNA CD
candidate Jesse testing confirms that remains buried in
Ventura shocks the Tomb of the Unknowns are those of e~n
the nation when Michael J. Blassie, an Air Force pilot shot
he wins the race down in Vietnam.
for governor
of Minnesota ,...: In summer 1998, North Texas
in November. temperatures exceed 100 degrees
Ventura is a for 45 days. The state's heat death
former Navy Seal, toll climbs to 132 and fires burn
pro wrestler and over 344,000 acres.
action movie actor.

O In September, Hurricane Georges crashes through the AP Photo/Ruth Fremson In August, General Motors Corporation
Florida Keys and Mississippi. The killer storm causes and United Auto Workers reach an
the largest mandatory evacuation in Florida history, and 0 Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student at the agreement that ends an eight-week strike.
Mississippi victims receive over $131 million in aid. University of Wyoming, dies five days after being
brutally attacked in an apparent hate crime. Vigils President Clinton announces the federal
in his memory are held across the country. government ends the 1998 fiscal year
with a budget surplus of $70 billion,
the first surplus since 1969.

More than 280 colleges now admit
some or all of their applicants without
regard to SAT or ACT scores. Many
schools say the system improves the
academic quality and diversity of their
student bodies.

DNA tests determine that Rebecca
Chittum was unknowingly switched with
Callie Conley at a Virginia hospital after
their births three years ago. This case
prompts a national debate on the need
for stricter hospital procedures.

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,. N A's Lunar Prospector finds scattered pockets of ice beneath the
lunar surface. The presence of water could enable astronauts to use
the moon as a kind of space-based filling station.

v An analysis of Eastern Seaboard Columbia University graduate student Elizabe
weather shows it really does rain Brannon and psychology professor Herbert
more frequently on weekends than Terrace demonstrate that monkeys can master
during the week, an average of 22 simple arithmetic on at least the level of a
percent more. Automobile emission two-year-old child.
patterns are the suspected cause of
the phenomenon.

Apple's translucent aqua-blue iMac personal
computer, its first consumer offering in years,
is marketed mainly for Internet usage and,
therefore, doesn't come with a disk drive.
Its popularity soars and it soon becomes
available in several other colors.

O The comet Tempel-Tuttle causes a meteor storm when it passes by Earth. The comet :) John Glenn, 77,
will be visible again in fall 1999, after which it won't reappear for another 32 years. becomes the oldest
astronaut when he
undertakes a space
shuttle mission in
October, 36 years after his
first space flight. Later, Glenn
retires from a 24-year career in
the U.S. Senate.

Acomputerized T-shirt, woven with fiber optics Astudy demonstrates that the more hours
and electrically conducted thread, may soon people spend on the Internet, the more
monitor the health of soldiers, rescuers, the depressed, stressed and lonely they feel.
elderly and others who are medically vulnerable.

Michael A. Schwarz

The USDA announces O Paleontologists in Argentina discover thousands of
that a 25-millisecond shards of fossilized dinosaur eggs. Several shards
blast of 270-degree steam contain the fossilized remains of unhatched
applied to meat kills 99.99 embryos and their never-before-seen embryo skin.
percent of the bacteria.
This process follows I___ L
the unpopular method
of irradiation.

3.1 The Nature or Light And C Chemistry professor
Claude Yoder co-authors
Em ission Spectra "Interactive Chemistry,"
a CD-ROM that uses
3.2 The Bohr Model or Tile animation to lead
students through
Atom chemistry problems,
eliminating the need
3.3 The Wave Model or The for a textbook.

Atom

St.John'swort C'The FDA withholds AP Photo/American Museum of Natural History, L. Meeker
Standardized Exiracr medical approval of
1300 mg at .3%Hyperlcin St. John's Wort, the 0 Researchers discover a gene that may cause
popular herbal the aggressive behavior of "killer bees."
supplement widely This knowledge may help tame African
believed to relieve bees, whose sting has deterred beekeepers
depression. However, from tending hives.

,, American consumer C Alan Shepard,
" demand has led to the first American
in space, dies on
~ its use in everything July 22 at the
age of 74.
from lipstick to
potato chips.

On August 12, the $1 billion Titan 4 rocket explodes 42 seconds after Researchers reveal a FI ash
liftoff. The rocket payload included a highly classified Defense new technique that
Department satellite. determines the sex Astronomers discover and photograph a
of a baby before planet outside our solar system that is
conception. This about 450 light years away from Earth.
technique uses a laser
detector that measures Alabama hairdresser Philip McCory
the DNA in sperm cells. discovers that human hair soaks up oil
from water, which prompts NASA to
© 1998 PhotoDisc, Inc. investigate ways to use human hair to
clean oil spills.

In August, renowned Houston heart
surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley performs
open-heart surgery which is broadcast
live on the America's Health Network
Internet web site.

David Scott, who lost his left hand in a
fireworks accident, receives the first
U.S. human hand transplant in January
1999. Scott has regained limited motion
in his donor hand.

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JJ 0 AUSA Today investigation reveals that many of the nation's safe
drinking water regulations are not being enforced. The report
reveals that even the worst violations have just a 1 in 10 chance
of drawing legal action.

:..,, Lovegety, a palm-sized matchmaking 0 PlayStation's®"Crash Bandicoot: WARPED"
device, is the latest craze with Japanese supersedes its popular predecessors. Also ne
teenagers. When it comes within 15 is Crash's sister Coco who gallops along the
feet of another Lovegety, high-pitched Great Wall of China and cruises through
beepers go off, lights flash, and the enemy-infested waters.
"love detectors" display whether the
users' preset interests match. It's now
available in the U.S.

C Furby, the year's must-have interactive
toy, has a vocabulary of 200 words in
both English and its own language,
"Furbish." Furby knows when it is
being petted, when the lights go out,
when music starts, and if there's
another Furby in the room.

0 WildEyes contact lenses feature several designs, including a starburst, Appearing in malls I WANT YOU
black eight ball and cat's eyes. The $165 lenses come in prescription and in 33 states, job kiosks
non-prescription and don't interfere with eyesight. dispense employment
opportunities for interested
applicants. Job seekers enter
their skills and ambitions and
the machine scans its database
for a match.

0 Consumer groups demand the recall of Olestra from the market, or at .... ,,,_. "4-
least the adoption of strict guidelines as to its use, after thousands of
people become sick from eating the popular fat substitute. However, .ARMY
studies suggest that chips made with Olestra do not cause greater
stomach problems than regular chips. ENLIST NOW

() In December, Selective Service
activates online registration.
Eighteen-year-olds can now
register instantly instead of
filling out forms at the post
office that take two to three
months to process.

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need for toll-free l
n rs greatly increases,
the 887 prefix joins the 800 I.__ L
and 888 prefixes already in use.
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of the '60s Volkswagen Beetle motif in the fashion world appearing on t____-._ ""\_
enters the market. Despite everything from clothes and bags to
a May 1998 recall for wiring hair accessories and jewelry. (1_1
problems, the New Beetle
is wildly popular. u~

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Cargo pants invade C For $20-30 a day, trained professionals at
stores and become dog and cat day cares will play with, read
the must-have to, feed and pamper pets in their care.
piece of apparel
for teens across Mr. Payroll is the first ATM that can
the nation. cash a check - even for someone
without a bank account. The machine
"memorizes" facial features and
matches them with a social security
number to verify the user's identity.

• Pilates, a low-impact form of exercise that uses
unique equipment and deep stretching techniques,
becomes popular with men and women.

0 Rollerblade introduces durable, all-terrain
in-line skates that can traverse dirt paths
and rocky trails. The large-wheeled skates
retail for a cool $600.

C Heartthrob George Clooney announces 1998-99
will be his last season on NBC's award-winning
television drama, "ER."

r~ :) NBC's "Frasier" makes history
~ by winning its fifth consecutive
c.5 outstanding comedy series
~ award at the SOth annual Emmy
Awards. Kelsey Grammer, in the
[ s0.: title role, wins his third Emmy
~ as best comedy actor.

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In November, ABC's "Spin City" star Michael J.
Fox, 37, reveals he has Parkinson's disease.
Fox underwent brain surgery in March 1998 i
an attempt to relieve severe tremors.

bike racing game, uses motion
sensors to tum comers and jump
hills and water pits. Crashes make
the handlebars vibrate.

{} Tom Hanks stars in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan , Adam Sandler stars
an authentic recreation of World War ll's D-Day. The film in the surprise hit The
receives 11 Oscar nominations. Waterboy, which earns a
record $39.1 million in its
November opening weekend.

Britain's best Scrabble players commemorate the 0 Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman
popular board game's SOth anniversary in October face off in a World Championship
by playing in London's Wembley Stadium using Wrestling tag-team match. The
letter tiles the size of dining tables. event pits Rodman and Hollywood
Hulk Hogan against Malone and
Diamond Dallas Page.

01 Walt Disney's A O In May 1998, the much-anticipated movie Godzilla
Bug's Life is one of opens to disappointing reviews and box office
at least 15 animated numbers. The epic leaves theaters quickly.
feature films that
will flood the
nation's theaters in
the next two years.

C1 In June, Keiko
arrives in his native
Iceland to begin his
assimilation to his
new surroundings.
The move concludes
a four-year campaign
to release the
five-ton star of the
movie Free Willy.

0 Players of Vertical Reality, a combination video game AP Photo/Courtesy Viewpoint Datalabs
and amusement ride, shoot at moving targets on a
24-foot-tall screen and sit in chairs that rise with 0 The wildly popular stars of The WB network's
each successful hit. The winner rides to the top "Dawson's Creek" hit the big screen, filming
for a grand view. eight feature films during hiatus. Magazine
covers by 1V Guide, Seventeen and Interview
fuel the craze.

C The coming-of-age
drama "Felicity"
quickly gains
popularity with
teens. The WB
show revolves
around a young
woman and her
new experiences
at college.

o Actor Rick Schroder replaces Jimmy Smits

on ABC's "NYPD Blue." The fate of Smits'
character in his last episode - he dies
when a heart transplant fails - became
a source of nationwide speculation.

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Taco Bell's talking Chihuahua 0::r:
becomes a favorite teen
advertising icon and sparks a
surge of interest in the breed.

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C Singer and actor Frank Sinatra dies
at the age of 82 on May 14, 1998.

• Thanks in part to their 42-city tour, 0 Sharp and Sony introduce portable
The Backstreet Boys' self-titled album MiniDisc recorders. This digital
sells nine million copies making it the alternative to audiocassettes records
third best-selling album customized music compilations and
of the year. doesn't skip when bumped.

C·Alanis Morissette's new album,
Supposed Former Infatuation
Junkie, is released in November
and vaults to No. 1. The album
sells 469,000 copies in the
first week.

In Januaiy 1999, the
group 'N Sync wins
Favorite New Po))'Rock
Artist at the American
Music Awards.

Nineteen-year-old Usher is named Billboard Music Awards' Artist 0 Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, better
of the Year and R&B Artist of the Year. Touring with Janet Jackson known as Ginger Spice, announces
and making television and movie appearances has heightened in May 1998 that she is leaving the
Usher's popularity. popular group for creative reasons.

AP PhotCN'Joey Terrill

Swing dancing makes O Jewel scores on two fronts. Her book of poetry,
a big comeback with A Night Without Armor, makes the New York
the help of music from Times best-seller list, and her album, Spirit, is
bands like Cherry Poppin' released in November.
Daddies (shown) and the
Brian Setzer Orchestra. C Shania Twain wins the
Favorite Female Country
Artist award at the American
Music Awards and receives
six Grammy nominations.

C The popularity of Natalie Imbruglia wins Breakthrough Artist
Lauryn Hill's album
The Miseducation honors at the MTV Video Music Awards in
of Lauryn Hill leads September. Her album, left of the Middle,
to 10 Grammy features hits "Torn" and "Wishing I Was There."
nominations, the
most for any female Aerosmith's
artist in history. "I Don't Want to
Hill kicks off a Miss a Thing,"
worldwide tour in from the movie
January 1999. Armageddon,
becomes the
~) Monica is the only group's first single
artist in 1998 with two to hit No. I on
No. 1 hits on the the Billboard Hot
Billboard Hot 100, 100 charts.
including "The
First Night" and "The AP Phototrhe Hamilton Spectator, Scott Gardner
Boy Is Mine," a duet
she sings with Brandy. FI ash

o In November, Garth Brooks' new album Double Live enjoys Psychologists discover a connection
between musical training and verbal
first-day sales of over 500,000 copies, the industry's best memory. Children trained to play a musical
instrument grow up to have 16 percent
one-day tally. Brooks makes special TV and Wal-Mart better word memory than other adults.

closed-circuit TV appearances to promote the release. Movie soundtracks account for nearly
half of the Gold and Platinum certification.
Some of the top soundtracks include
Titanic and Return to Titanic, City of
Angels, Armageddon, Hope Floats,
Or. Doolittle and The Wedding Singer.

Whitney Houston's My Love Is Your Love
is her first studio album in eight years.
The album includes the hit duet with
Mariah Carey entitled "When You Believe.'

Actor/rapper Will Smith wins three
American Music Awards, including
Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Favorite
Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Soul/R&B
Male Artist.

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O Sang Lan, China's 17-year-old gymnastics champion, breaks
two vertebrae during a vault at the Goodwill Games in July,
leaving her paralyzed from the chest down.

O Skiboards, short skis with twin tips that Jeff Gordon wins the NASCAR Winston Cup
allow forward and backward jumping, for a second year in a row. Gordon, 27, is
debut in competition at the 1998 ESPN the youngest driver to win three Winston
Winter XGames. Cup championships.

0 In March 1998, ESPN la
large-format sports magazine,
ESPN The Magazine, to compete
with Sports Illustrated.

} On January 4, 1999, Tennessee beats Florida State University oman to report from
23-16 at the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona to win the national championship. lbe sidelines during
It is the first year of the Bowl Championship Series, created to ensure "Monday Night Football,"
that the highest ranked college teams nationally meet in a bowl game. the 1998 Super Bowl, the
NC Final Four and NFL
playoff games.

Defending champion Detroit Red Wings win the 1998 Stanley 0 Flamboyant sprinter Florence
Cup championship, beating the Washington Capitals 4-1 . Griffith Joyner (FloJo), triple
Defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, severely injured in a car gold medalist at the 1988
accident after last year's Stanley Cup win, joins the celebration. Olympics, dies at age 38 in her
sleep, of suffocation during an
epileptic seizure.

AP Photo/Susan A. Walsh

AP Phot<YLenny lgnelzi

C In a 4-0 sweep against O In July, France beats Brazil 3-0 to win its first
the San Diego Padres, World Cup soccer title. During celebrations, a
the New York Yankees motorist drives through the crowd on the
win the 1998 World Series Champs-Elysees and injures 60 people.
to claim their 24th
championship. The
Yankees' 125 total
victories is a modern
baseball record.

0 Lindsay Davenport,
22, defeats Martina
Hingis in the U.S.
Open in September
and becomes the
No. I-ranked player
in the world.

C·Olympic gymnast AP Photn!Rick Bowmer
Dominique Moceanu
is declared a legal St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire hits
adult after suing her home run number 62 on September 8,
parents, alleging they breaking the record set by Roger Maris
squandered her in 1961. McGwire ends the season
earnings and with 70 home runs.
oppressed her for
years. Later, Moceanu O On September 13,
is granted a protective Sammy Sosa of the
order against her Chicago Cubs also
father for stalking her. breaks Roger Maris'
record with his single-
season 62nd home run.
Sosa ends the season
with 66 home runs.

The defending champion o The Chicago Bulls capture their sixth NBA ends his 16-year streak of 2,632
Denver Broncos meet the consecu ive baseball games played
upstart Atlanta Falcons championship by beating the Utah Jazz by withdrawing himself from the
at Super Bowl XXXIII in 87-86 in game six. Michael Jordan earns the Baltimore lineup for that night.
Miami. The Broncos Finals MVP award. In January 1999, Jordan
win 34-19. announces his retirement from the NBA NBA owners impose a lockout on July 1
that causes almost hall the '98 -'99
:) Golfer Casey Martin, who basketball season to be lost. The
suffers from a circulatory labor dispute is settled on January 6.
disorder in his right leg,
wins a lawsuit allowing him Tennis star Pete Sampras wins his filth
to use a cart during PGA Wimbledon title and remains the
and Nike golf tournaments. world's No. 1 player for a record sixth
straight year, breaking Jimmy Connors'
mark for consecutive seasons on top.

The NFL season is plagued with
controversial and incorrect calls.
Instant replay is not reinstated, but
coin toss procedures are implemented.

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0 Sang Lan, China's 17-year-old gymnastics champion, breaks
two vertebrae during a vault at the Goodwill Games in July,
leaving her paralyzed from the chest down.

O Skiboards, short skis with twin tips that Jeff Gordon wins the NASCAR Winston Cup
allow forward and backward jumping, for a second year in a row. Gordon, 27, is
debut in competition at the 1998 ESPN the youngest driver to win three Winston
Winter X Games. Cup championships.

0 In March 1998, ESPN la
large-format sports magazine,
ESPN The Magazine, to compete
with Sports Illustrated.

) On January 4, 1999, Tennessee beats Florida State University oman to report from
23-16 at the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona to win the national championship. the sidelines during
It is the first year of the Bowl Championship Series, created to ensure "Monday Night Football,"
that the highest ranked college teams nationally meet in a bowl game. the 1998 Super Bowl, the
NCAA Final Four and NFL
playoff games.

Defending champion Detroit Red Wings win the 1998 Stanley 0 Flamboyant sprinter Florence
Cup championship, beating the Washington Capitals 4-1. Griffith Joyner (FloJo), triple
Defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov, severely injured in a car gold medalist at the 1988
accident after last year's Stanley Cup win, joins the celebration. Olympics, dies at age 38 in her
sleep, of suffocation during an
epileptic seizure.

AP Photo/Susan A Walsh

~ In a 4-0 sweep against AP Photo/Lenny lgnelzi
the San Diego Padres,
the New York Yankees O In July, France beats Brazil 3-0 to win its first
win the 1998 World Series World Cup soccer title. During celebrations, a
to claim their 24th motorist drives through the crowd on the
championship. The Champs-Elysees and injures 60 people.
Yankees' 125 total
victories is a modern
baseball record.

0 Lindsay Davenport,
22, defeats Martina
Hingis in the U.S.
Open in September
and becomes the
No. I-ranked player
in the world.

C,Olympic gymnast AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Dominique Moceanu
is declared a legal 0 St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire hits
adult after suing her home run number 62 on September 8,
parents, alleging they breaking the record set by Roger Maris
squandered her in 1961. McGwire ends the season
earnings and with 70 home runs.
oppressed her for
years. Later, Moceanu ': On September 13,
is granted a protective Sammy Sosa of the
order against her Chicago Cubs also
father for stalking her. breaks Roger Maris'
record with his single-
season 62nd home run.
Sosa ends the season
with 66 home runs.

The defending champion o The Chicago Bulls capture their sixth NBA On September 20, Cal Ripken Jr.
Denver Broncos meet the ends his 16-year streak of 2,632
upstart Atlanta Falcons championship by beating the Utah Jazz consecu ive baseball games played
at Super Bowl XXXlll in by withdrawing himself from the
Miami. The Broncos 87-86 in game six. Michael Jordan earns the Baltimore lineup for that night.
win 34-19. Finals MVP award. In January 1999, Jordan
announces his retirement from the NBA NBA owners impose a lockout on July 1
Golfer Casey Martin, who that causes almost half the '98 -'99
suffers from a circulatory basketball season to be lost. The
disorder in his right leg, labor dispute Is settled on January 6.
wins a lawsuit allowing him
to use a cart during PGA Tennis star Pete Sampras wins his fifth
and Nike golf tournaments. Wimbledon title and remains the
world's No. 1 player for a record sixth
AP Phot<YEric Risberg straight year, breaking Jimmy Connors'
mark for consecutive seasons on top.

The NFL season is plagued with
controversial and incorrect calls.
Instant replay is not reinstated, but
coin toss procedures are Implemented.

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0 Miss Virginia Nicole Johnson is crowned Miss America 1999 in
Atlantic City. The 24-year-old diabetic wears an insulin pump on
her hip and plans to spotlight diabetes awareness during her reign.

a":': Seventeen-year-old Katie Hnida is
-."::': named Chatfield Senior High School's
Homecoming Queen as well as starting
i"' kicker for the varsity football team. The
No. I-ranked kicker in the state of
0<.. Colorado, Hnida hopes to play Division I
college football next year.
:) Fifty-six-year-old Linda McCartney,
photographer, animal rights C NBC's "News Radio"
activist and wife of famed Beatie star and former
Paul, dies of breast cancer on "Saturday Night Live"
April 17, 1998. cast member Phil
Hartman dies from
0 After dropping out of the a gunshot wound
third grade in 1902 to inflicted by his wife
care for her 11 younger in May 1998.
siblings, retired nanny
and housekeeper
Eugenie Garside
finally receives her
high school diploma
at age 98.

O Hirofumi "The Tokyo Terror" O Beloved puppeteer Shari Lewis Canadian Tobin Belanger escorts a
Nakajima (right), reigning world dies of cancer on August 2. mannequin to his high school prom.
hot dog eating champion, eats 19 Her creations include her He names her Jen, picks out her
hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes trademark Lamb Chop, Hush dress and corsage and arrives in
to win the annual Nathan's Puppy and Charlie Horse. a limousine.
Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog
Eating Contest. Minnesotan David Weinlick
"advertises' for a wife and chooses
E pharmacy student Elizabeth Runze
from 23 hopefuls who travel to the
r Mall of America in Minneapolis for
the event. Runze and Weinlick marry
the same day.

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figure skater Tara
Lipinski takes part in
an anti-tobacco rally
with area school
children on Capitol
Hill in May 1998. The
rally is sponsored by the
Campaign for Tobacco-
Free Kids.

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In 1853, chef George
Crum creates potato
chips in New York after
a customer keeps
requesting thinner
french-fried potatoes.
The U.S., with over 700
varieties on the market,
consumes the most
potato chips worldwide.

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- 4@1•i:i Germans first bake birthday cakes to celebrate
children's birthdays in 1200. The candles bum
throughout the day to symbolize life. The tradition
ofbirthday cakes continues with popular characters
as part of the cake decoration.

0 Before sweat glands are clearly understood in
the 19th century, perfume is used to mask the
odor of sweat. Introduced in 1888, Mum®is the
first product to ward off underarm moisture
and odor. In 1997, Americans spend $1.48 billion
on deodorant.

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O The average American's O In 1892, the Manfield Shoe 0 Swing dancing,
favorite meal in 1954 is a Company in England first produces popular in the
fruit cup, vegetable soup, quality shoes in standard sizes 1930s, makes
steak and potatoes, peas, rolls and large quantities. Sneakers are a comeback
introduced in the 19th century and in 1998.
and butter, and pie ala mode. Teens today cost a few dollars. Name-brand
O Nine percent of
rank pizza, french fries, pasta, hamburgers/ households own
cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets as their a TV in 1950.
top five favorite foods. That number
rises to 98
4€•·=· percent by 1995.
On average, 98
percent of today's
teens watch TV
for 11.4 hours
a week.

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In the 1OOOs, engagements
are arranged at age seven
and marriage follows at
age 12 for girls and 14 for
boys. Today, the average age
at marriage for women is
24.5 and 26.9 for men.

•Et#J•• injured to continue. Slam dancing O Average life expectancy
and mosh pits are common manias in the 1000s is 30. In 1997, llPtlilll•
at today's concerts. it rises to 79 for females

and 73 for males.

••¥t=D 0 The world
population in
@.1.1•• 1600 totals 545
million compared
to over 5.9 billion
in 1998. The U.S.
population in
1790 totals 3.9
million compared
to over 270
million in 1998.

0 In the 1700s, both sexes
wear powdered wigs,
rouge and red lipstick.
They also etch their
whitened faces in blue
to bring out the veins.
Worldwide annual sales
of cosmetics today
exceed $80 billion.

4 Atari introduces Pong~ longest movie produced
the first commercial video at this time, with average
game, in 1972. Today's films running three or
home video game systems four minutes. The 1997
include Sony PlayStation®, movie Titanic runs about
Sega Saturn~ and Nintendo three-and-a-half hours.
64®. About 63 percent of
teens play video games an Joseph Merlin develops
average of 3.9 hours •week; the first practical pair of
roller skates in 1759.
0 In 1920, the New York Scott Olson invents the
Yankees pay George modern version of in-line
"Babe" Ruth $125,000. skates in 1979. Today,
In 1997, 21-year-old 41 percent of teens own
Kevin Garnett signs a in-line skates.
seven-year contract worth
$126 million with the
Minnesota Timberwolves.

0 The first roller coaster, built in 1892 at Cedar Point®in
Sandusky, Ohio, stands 25 feet high and travels lO miles per
hour. The Riddler's Revenge'" at Six Flags Magic Mountain'" is
the tallest and fastest stand-up roller coaster, standing 156 feet
and hitting a top speed of 65 miles per hour with a maximum
of 4.2 gravity forces.

0 Court jesters first appear in 1202. Modern jesters come 0 In 1978, a federal judge rules that high school
in the form of comedians, such as Jerry Seinfeld whose girls may participate on teams with boys.
TV show, Seinfeld, ends its nine-year run in 1998. Women take further strides in sports with the
first WNBA game on June 21, 1997.

AP/Wide World Photos

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When a royal Japanese family stains their teeth

~ black in 1233, it quickly becomes a sign of beauty.

White teeth are a sign of beauty today, with
Americans spending $100 million a year on

-- ave I over-the-counter tooth-whitening products.

Recycling is a priority today, but around 1200 to 1400,
people would hurl garbage and slop out their windows
into alleys that swanned with rats, flies and pigs.

-····=· blienfhl spices are used to disguise The Pony Express travels between St Joseph,
Missouri, and Sacramento, California. The
the bad taste of spoiled meat in 2000-mile distance takes 10 days. Today, e-mai
1499. Meat sold in the U.S. today is almost instantaneous.

must pass USDA standards. O Spectacles are invented in 1286
in Italy. The first practical cont
-•me:• lenses are developed in 1877
followed by plastic lenses in 19 1
-41:1€€* :) Scottish blacksmith Laser surgery can now correct
Kirkpatrick Macmillan certain eyesight problems.
creates the first
bicycle, then called a O In 1783, it takes Thomas Jefferson five days to travel 90 miles
velocipede, in 1839. using public transportation. Today, the Concorde airplane travels
Bicycling is a at 1,336 miles per hour and crosses the Atlantic Ocean in under
competitive sport three hours.
around the world
today with some
bikes costing several
thousand dollars.

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German Karl Benz invents the automobile in 1885,
and Henry Ford begins mass production of the
Model Tin 1908 with over 15 million sold in the
U.S. by 1930. Over 8 million cars are sold in
the U.S. in 1996.

Not until the year 1000 did Indian introduces the Brownie box camera
mathematician Sridhara recognize
the importance of zero. Since we in 1900 and disposable all-weather
began counting the years with one,
rather than zero, the new and panoramic cameras in 1989. In
millennium officially starts in 2001,
not 2000. Excitement is building 1998, Kodak and Intel introduce an
for New Year's Eve 1999, but so is
the fear that computers may all-in-one, auto-loading CD-ROM
recognize the year 2000 as 1900.
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Christopher Columbus lands in the Thomas Edison patents the
Bahamas on October 12, 1492. Neil phonograph in 1878. Sharp
Armstrong walks on the moon on July 20, introduces a minidisc player
1969. In 1998, NASA begins construction in 1998 that records music
of the International Space Station, the
most complex technological project in
human history.

Doctors in the 1000s use an astrological
chart to determine a patient's treatment.
Medicine is ingested only when the
moon is in a favorable position. Many
people today carry on the astrological
tradition through horoscopes.

• Yellowstone National Park, the first
park in the National Park System, is
established on March 1, 1872, and
covers 2.2 million acres. The National
Park System now covers 83 million acres.

0 Surgery in the 1800s is performed
on blindfolded patients under no
anesthesia by surgeons who wipe
instruments clean. Many people
now elect to have cosmetic
surgery. In 1997, 37 percent of
cosmetic surgery patients undergo
multiple procedures.

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- •@·•·• Issued in 1950, The Diner's Club is the first general
purpose credit card. By 1996, there are over 119 million
credit card holders and about 1,390,000 ATM terminals
in the U.S.

The earliest African slave arrives hi the U.S. in 1509
followed by 10-15 rDillionAfrieus in the largest
migration in history. People from around the •Jfct

come willingly, with almost one million immigrants
entering the U.S. in 1996 alone.

Julius Caesar creates a calendar with
April 1 as the first day of the year. In
1582, a new calendar is devised with
January 1 as New Year's Day. Those
who continue to celebrate New Year's
Day on April 1 are considered fools,
hence April Fool's Day.

-41#1#4 0 In 1675, Massachusetts law prohibits O A1721 Connecticut law states people may not leave home
men from wearing long hair. Russia on Sunday except for church or an emergency. Many stores
- •NiiC• taxes men with beards in 1698. are now open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Hairstyle is a personal choice today.
0 In the 1400s, books
- ••=@1¥• Women first gain the are symbols of prest
right to vote in New and are considered
Zealand in 1893, with treasures due to sm
American women print runs. People
gaining the right in trade vineyards and
1920. The voting-age herds of cattle for on
population of the book. Today, the
U.S. today is over average teenager
193 million. spends four hours a
week reading for fun

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