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Topics: Y2K Bug, Eminem, The Best Man, 90's TV (Bonus Artist: Rocky Mtn. Rhyme Posse)
 
1999 Notes
 
Snapshots
 
1.    Bill Clinton President
 
2.    Jan – A snowstorm leaves 14 inches (36 cm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 21 inches (53 cm) in Chicago, Illinois, killing 68.
 
3.    Jan – The adult animated sitcom Family Guy debuts on the Fox network after Super Bowl XXXIII.
 
4.    Feb - Impeachment of Bill Clinton: President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the Senate.
 
5.    Mar - A Michigan jury finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
 
6.    Apr - Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and one teacher, and then themselves. It would be the deadliest shooting at a high school in U.S. history at the time. The shooting sparks debate on school bullying, gun control and violence in the media.
 
7.    May - The animated children's TV series SpongeBob SquarePants debuts on the cable network Nickelodeon.
 
8.    May - Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is released in theaters.
 
9.    Jun - Texas Governor George W. Bush announces he will seek the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.
 
10.    Jun - Napster Released. It was mainly used by people who shared MP3 music and digital audio files. As the laws about file sharing and copyright regarding the internet were just newly established, the service soon ran into legal troubles dealing with copyright infringement.
 
11.    Jul - U.S. soccer player Brandi Chastain scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the FIFA Women's World Cup. Briana Scurry, goalkeeper, was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2017. She was the first woman goalkeeper and first black woman to be awarded the honor.
 
12.    Jun - Lance Armsrong wins the Tour de France. The United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven consecutive Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005 (which were, originally, the most wins in the event's history)
 
13.    Sep - The West Nile Virus first appears in the United States. The disease spread quickly through infected birds. Mosquitoes spread the disease to mammals.
 
14.    Dec - Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, replaced by Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin has been describes as,  "Russia's first modern leader" and has been compared to Nelson Mandela.
 
15.    Top 3 Pop Songs
 
16.    #1 "Believe"    Cher
 
17.    #2 "No Scrubs"    TLC
 
18.    #3  "Angel of Mine"    Monica
 
19.    Record of the Year: "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
 
20.    Album of the Year: Supernatural – Santana
 
21.    Song of the Year: "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob
 
22.    Best New Artist: Christina Aguilera (Note: Beat out Brittney Spears)
 
23.    Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "It's Not Right but It's Okay" – Whitney Houston
 
24.    Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Staying Power" – Barry White
 
25.    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "No Scrubs" – TLC
 
26.    Best R&B Song: "No Scrubs" – TLC
 
27.    Best R&B Album: FanMail – TLC
 
28.    Best Rap Solo Performance: "My Name Is" – Eminem
 
29.    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "You Got Me" – The Roots featuring Erykah Badu
 
30.    Best Rap Album: The Slim Shady LP – Eminem
 
31.    Top 3 Moives
 
32.    #1  Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
 
33.    #2 The Sixth Sense
 
34.    #3 Toy Story 2
 
35.    Notables:  Office Space, Analyze This, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Matrix (3/31/199

Topics: Monica Lewinsky Scandal, Jay Z, Beloved (Film), 90's Tech (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound and Luck Pacheco)
 
1998 General Snapshots
 
1.    Bill Clinton President
 
2.    Jan - Paula Jones accuses U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
 
3.    Jan - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants.
 
4.    Jan - Super Bowl XXXII: The Denver Broncos become the first AFC team in 14 years to win the Super Bowl, as they defeat the Green Bay Packers
 
5.    Jan - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, President Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The next day, Hillary Clinton appears on The Today Show, calling the attacks against her husband part of a "vast right-wing conspiracy".
 
6.    Mar - The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
 
7.    Apr - The unemployment rate drops to 4.3%, the lowest level since February 1970.
 
8.    Apr - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 9,000 for the first time.
 
9.    Apr - Teletubbies begins its U.S. television debut on PBS.
 
10.    Apr - Inflight smoking is banned on all commercial passenger flights in the United States,
 
11.    Jun - The Chicago Bulls win their 6th NBA title in 8 years when they beat the Utah Jazz. This is also Michael Jordan's last game as a Bull, clinching the game in the final seconds on a fadeaway jumper.
 
12.    Aug - The bombings of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kill 224 people and injure over 4,500; they are linked to terrorist Osama bin Laden. Two weeks later. The United States military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan.
 
13.    Oct - College student Matthew Shepard is found tied to a fence near Laramie, Wyoming. His death became a symbol of gay-bashing and sparked a national debate on homophobia in the U.S.
 
14.    Nov - Jesse Ventura, former professional wrestler, is elected Governor of Minnesota.
 
15.    Nov - America Online announces it will acquire Netscape Communications for $4.2B as the “Dot.com” bubble heats up. Between 1995 and 2000, the Nasdaq Composite stock market index rose 400%.
 
16.    Dec - Lewinsky scandal: President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives. (He was later acquitted of any wrongdoing.)
 
17.    Open Comments
 
18.    Top 3 Pop songs
 
19.    #1 "Too Close", Next
 
20.    #2 "The Boy Is Mine", Brandy and Monica
 
21.    #3 "You're Still the One", Shania Twain
 
22.    Record of the Year: "My Heart Will Go On", Celine Dion
 
23.    Album of the Year: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
 
24.    Song of the Year: "My Heart Will Go On", Celine Dion
 
25.    Best New Artist: Lauryn Hill
 
26.    Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "Doo Wop (That Thing)”, Lauryn Hill
 
27.    Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: "St. Louis Blues”, Stevie Wonder in Herbie Hancock's Gershwin's World
 
28.    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "The Boy Is Mine", Brandy & Monica
 
29.    Best R&B Song: "Doo Wop (That Thing)”, Lauryn Hill
 
30.    Best R&B Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
 
31.    Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album: Live! One Night Only, Patti LaBelle
 
32.    Best Rap Solo Performance: "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It", Will Smith
 
33.    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Intergalactic", Beastie Boys
 
34.    Best Rap Album: Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, Jay-Z
 
35.    Top 3 Movies
 
36.    #1 Armageddon
 
37.    #2 Saving Private Ryan
 
38.    #3 Godzilla
 
39.    Notables: Dr. Dolit

Topics: Biggie death, Erykah Badu, Eve's Bayou, Miss Evers' Boys (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco)
 
Notes 1997
 
1.    President: Bill Clinton
 
2.    Feb -A Santa Monica jury finds former football legend O.J. Simpson is liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
 
3.    Feb - North Hollywood shootout: Two heavily armed bank robbers conflict with officers from the Los Angeles Police Department in a mass shootout.
 
4.    Feb - Miss Evers' Boys airs on HBO. It is a made-for-TV adaptation of David Feldshuh's eponymous 1992 stage play, and was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards and won four, Outstanding Made for Television Movie / Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Alfre Woodard / Editing / Cinematography
 
5.    Mar - Brooklyn rapper The Notorious B.I.G. is killed in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles at age 24 before the release of his second album Life After Death. The album was released on March 25.
 
6.    Mar - In San Diego, California, 39 members of  Heaven's Gate, a UFO religious cult, commit mass suicide.
 
7.    Apr - The Ellen episode, "The Puppy Episode" is broadcast on ABC, showing for the first time the revelation of a main character as a homosexual.
 
8.    May - U.S. President Bill Clinton issues a formal apology to the surviving victims of the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male and their families.
 
9.    Jun - During the Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II boxing match in Las Vegas, Mike Tyson bites off part of Evander Holyfield's ear.
 
10.    Jun - The base version of the standard WiFi was released
 
11.    Aug - Diana, Princess of Wales died in hospital after being injured in a motor vehicle accident in a road tunnel in Paris.
 
12.    Sep - www.google.com is registered by Google.
 
13.    Nov - Mary Kay Letourneau is sentenced to six months imprisonment in Washington after pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree child rape. Letourneau gave birth to her victims' child and the leniency of her sentence was widely criticized.[3]
 
14.    Nov - The Emergency Broadcast System is replaced by the Emergency Alert System and it continues to this day. - "This is a test. This station is conducting a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test."
 
15.    Open Comments:
 
16.    Top 3 Pop Songs
 
17.    #1-"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997", Elton John
 
18.    #2-"Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me", Jewel
 
19.    #3-"I'll Be Missing You", Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
 
20.    Record Of The Year, Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
 
21.    Album Of The Year, Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan
 
22.    Song Of The Year, Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin Colvin)
 
23.    Best New Artist, Paula Cole
 
24.    Best Female R&B, On & On - Erykah Badu
 
25.    Best Male R&B, I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
 
26.    Best R&B Duo Or Group, No Diggity - Blackstreet
 
27.    Best R&B Song, I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
 
28.    Best R&B Album, Baduizm - Erykah Badu
 
29.    Best Rap Solo, Men In Black - Will Smith
 
30.    Best Rap Duo Or Group, I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans Featuring 112
 
31.    Best Rap Album, No Way Out - Puff Daddy & The Family
 
32.    Top 3 Movies
 
33.    #1-Titanic
 
34.    #2-The Lost World: Jurassic Park
 
35.    #3-Men in Black
 
36.    Notables: Rhyme & Reason, Gridlock'd, Rosewood, Good Burger, Def Jam's How to Be a Player, Hoodlum, Kiss the Girls, Gang Related, Boogie Nights, The Devil's Advocate, Good Will Hunting, Jackie Brown, Love Jones, B*A*P*S, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Booty Call, Donnie Brasco, Soul Food, Gang Related,
 
37.    Open Comments:
 
38.    Top TV Shows
 
39.    #1-Seinfeld
 
40.    #2-ER
 
41.    #3-V

Topics: Tupac death, Fugees, Set It Off, Moesha (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)
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1996 Snapshots

1.    President: Bill Clinton

2.    Jan - Whitewater scandal: U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton testifies before a grand jury.

3.    Feb - Daniel Green is convicted of the murder of James Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan.

4.    Mar - Lyle and Erik Menendez are found guilty of first-degree murder for the shotgun killing of their parents.

5.    Apr - Chicago Bulls set a new NBA record for the most wins in a season, 70.

6.    May -?

7.    Jun - The Colorado Avalanche wins their first Stanley Cup in their first season based out of Denver and The Chicago Bulls win their fourth NBA Championship by defeating the Seattle Supersonics.

8.    July - The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics kills 2 and injures 111.

9.    Aug - Tiger Woods makes his professional PGA Tour debut.

10.    Sep - Tupac Shakur dies.

11.    Oct - The Fox News Channel is launched.

12.    Nov - Bill Clinton defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole to win his second term.

13.    Dec - Death of JonBenét Ramsey: A six-year-old beauty queen is beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado; her body is found the following day.

14.    Open Comments:

15.    Music Snapshots

16.    #1 Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los del Río

17.    #2 One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

18.    #3 Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion

19.    Record of the Year: Change the World – Eric Clapton

20.    Album of the Year: Falling Into You – Celine Dion

21.    Song of the Year: Change the World

22.    Best New Artist: LeAnn Rimes

23.    Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: You're Makin' Me High – Toni Braxton

24.    Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Your Secret Love – Luther Vandross

25.    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Killing Me Softly – Fugees

26.    Best R&B Song: Exhale (Shoop Shoop), Babyface, songwriter (Whitney Houston)

27.    Best R&B Album: Words – The Tony Rich Project

28.    Best Rap Solo Performance: Hey Lover – LL Cool J

29.    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

30.    Best Rap Album: The Score – Fugees

31.    Movie Snapshots

32.    #1 Independence Day

33.    #2 Twister

34.    #3 Mission: Impossible

35.    Notables: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, The Birdcage, Fargo, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, The Nutty Professor, Kazaam, Set It Off, Space Jam, Jerry Maguire.

36.    TV Snapshots

37.    #1 - ER

38.    #2 - Seinfeld

39.    #3 - Suddenly Susan

40.    Debuts: Moesha, The Daily Show, Kenan & Kel, The Steve Harvey Show, In The House, Malcolm & Eddie, Homeboys in Outer Space, The Jamie Foxx Show

41.    Economic Snapshots

42.    Income = 36.3k (Previously 36K)

43.    House = 118.2K (113)

44.    Car = 16.3k (15.5)

45.    Rent = 554(550)

46.    Harvard = 27.5k (26k)

47.    Movie = 4.42 (4.35)

48.    Gas = 1.22 (1.12)

49.    Stamp = .32 (-)

50.    Social Scene: Tupac Killed

51.    Childhood: Tupac Shakur, born Parish Crooks, was born on June 16, 1971, to Black Panther activist parents in New York City. Thirteen days later, his mother, Alice Faye Walker (Afeni Shakur), changed his name. The parents wanted to avoid him being targeted by Black Panther-affiliated enemies. His mother was imprisoned while she was pregnant with him. Tupac's father, Billy Garland, was also a Panther but lost contact with Afeni when Tupac was five years old. The rapper would not see his father again until he was 23 - I thought my father was dead all my life.

52.    Early Life: He had a difficult childhood, as he grew up in the company of

Topics: Million Man March, TLC, Friday, UPN (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco)
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1995 Notes
 
1.    Snapshots
 
2.    President: Bill Clinton
 
3.    Jan - The WB Television Network and The United Paramount Network (UPN) launches.
 
4.    Mar - Yahoo! was incorporated and soon became the first popular online directory and search engine on the World Wide Web.
 
5.    Mar - Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The amendment was nationally ratified in 1865. Until February 7, 2013, the state of Mississippi had never submitted the required documentation to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, meaning it never officially abolished slavery.
 
6.    Mar - Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E is suddenly hospitalized, diagnosed with AIDS, and dies due to its complications.
 
7.    Apr - Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Timothy McVeigh and one of his accomplices, Terry Nichols, set off the bomb.
 
8.    May - In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. [See - “Superman Curse”]
 
9.    Sep - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens.
 
10.    Oct - The Million Man March is held in Washington, D.C. The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
 
11.    Dec - The presidents of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia sign a peace treaty in Paris, ending a three-and-a-half-year war.
 
12.    Music Snapshots
 
13.    #1 "Gangsta's Paradise", Coolio featuring L.V.
 
14.    #2 "Waterfalls", TLC
 
15.    #3 "Creep", TLC
 
16.    Record of the Year: "Kiss From a Rose", Seal
 
17.    Album of the Year: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
 
18.    Song of the Year: "Kiss From a Rose", Seal
 
19.    Best New Artist: Hootie & the Blowfish
 
20.    Best Female R&B: Anita Baker for "I Apologize"
 
21.    Best Male R&B: Stevie Wonder for "For Your Love"
 
22.    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group: TLC for "Creep"
 
23.    Best R&B Song: Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "For Your Love"
 
24.    Best R&B Album: TLC for CrazySexyCool
 
25.    Best Rap Solo: "Gangsta's Paradise", Coolio
 
26.    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By", Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
 
27.    Best Rap Album: Poverty's Paradise, Naughty by Nature
 
28.    Movie Snapshots
 
29.    #1 Die Hard with a Vengeance
 
30.    #2 Toy Story
 
31.    #3 Apollo 13
 
32.    Notables: Higher Learning, Major Payne, Bad Boys, New Jersey Drive, Friday, Braveheart, Batman Forever, Pocahontas, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Clueless, Waterworld, Mortal Kombat, The Tuskegee Airmen, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Dead Presidents, The American President, Casino, Money Train, Heat, Waiting to Exhale.
 
33.    TV Snapshots
 
34.    Top TV Shows
 
35.    #1 ER
 
36.    #2 Seinfeld
 
37.    #3 Friends
 
38.    Debuts: The Wayans Bros. (WB), The Parent 'Hood (WB), Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (still airing), In the House
 
39.    Economic Snapshots
 
40.    Income = 35.9k (Previously 37K)
 
41.    House = 113.1K (119)
 
42.    Car = 15.5k (12.5)
 
43.    Rent = 550 (533)
 
44.    Harvard = 26.2k (24.9)
 
45.    Movie = 4.35 (4)
 
46.    Gas = 1.12 (1.09)
 
47.    Stamp .32 (.29)
 
48.    Social Scene: Million Man March
 
49.    A political demonstration in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 1995, to promote African American unity and family values. Estimates of the number of marchers, most of whom were African American men

Topics: OJ Simpson, R. Kelly & Aaliyah, Samuel Jackson, Black TV Cancellation (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)
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Snapshots
 
1.    Bill Clinton is President
 
2.    Jan - In Detroit, Michigan, Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant, under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband. Tonya later pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for trying to cover-up the attack, is fined $100,000, and banned from the sport.
 
3.    Jan - During a segment on NBC's Today, host Bryant Gumbel asks, "What is the internet, anyway?"
 
4.    Feb - During the opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, guest host Martin Lawrence makes sexually explicit jokes about female genitalia and feminine hygiene, which results in NBC banning him from appearing on the network (for the next year) and SNL (for life). In repeats of the episode, the offending section of the monologue is replaced by a title card read by an off-screen player (writer Jim Downey), saying that although SNL is neutral about the issues mentioned by Lawrence, network policy prevents his remarks from being re-broadcast, and that the incident almost cost the entire cast of SNL their jobs.
 
5.    Apr - Kurt Cobain, songwriter and frontman for the band Nirvana, is found dead at his Lake Washington home. He is believed to have committed suicide three days before he was found.
 
6.    Jun - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings but is held liable in a civil suit.
 
7.    Nov - Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that he has Alzheimer's disease.
 
8.    Nov - WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast, aka live streaming.
 
9.    Nov - Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot five times and robbed after entering the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan.
 
10.    Sep - The pilot episode for Friends airs on NBC.
 
11.    Open Comments
 
12.    Top 3 Pop Songs
 
13.    #1 "The Sign", Ace of Base
 
14.    #2 "I Swear", All-4-One
 
15.    #3 "I'll Make Love to You", Boyz II Men
 
16.    Record of the Year: Sheryl Crow for "All I Wanna Do"
 
17.    Album of the Year: Tony Bennett for MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett
 
18.    Song of the Year: Bruce Springsteen for "Streets of Philadelphia"
 
19.    Best New Artist: Sheryl Crow
 
20.    Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Toni Braxton for "Breathe Again"
 
21.    Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Babyface for "When Can I See You"
 
22.    Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Boyz II Men for "I'll Make Love to You"
 
23.    Best R&B Album: Boyz II Men for II
 
24.    Best Rap Solo Performance: "U.N.I.T.Y." – Queen Latifah
 
25.    Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "None of Your Business" – Salt-N-Pepa
 
26.    Top 3 Movies
 
27.    #1 The Lion King
 
28.    #2 Forrest Gump
 
29.    #3 True Lies
 
30.    Notables: House party 3, Blue Chips, Sugar Hill, Above The Rim, The Ink Well, Crooklyn, Beverly Hills Cop 3, Speed, Forrest Gump, True Lies, The Shawshank Redemption, Jason's Lyric, Pulp Fiction, Dumb and Dumber
 
31.    Top # TV Shows
 
32.    #1 Seinfeld
 
33.    #2 ER
 
34.    #3 Home Improvement
 
35.    Debuts - Sister, Sister, South Central, Rolanda
 
36.    Economic Scene
 
37.    Income = 37k (Previously 31K)
 
38.    House = 119K (113)
 
39.    Car = 12.5k (12.7)
 
40.    Rent = 533 (532)
 
41.    Harvard = 24.9k (23.5)
 
42.    Movie = 4 (4.14)
 
43.    Gas = 1.09 (1.16)
 
44.    Stamp .29 (Same)
 
45.    Social Scene: OJ Simpson
 
46.    O.J. Simpson was born on July 9, 1947, in Put