Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School
Class of 1999
10 years ago......
Cost of Living
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 11,497
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 8.50%
Average Cost of new house $131,750.00
Average Income per year $40,810.00
Average Monthly Rent $645.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.22
Average cost of new car $21,050.00
US Postage Stamp 33 cents
1 LB of Bacon $2.59
Ground Coffee per IB $3.41
Loaf of Bread $1.49
Dozen Eggs 89 cents
Events
Class of 1999 Graduation (June 4, 1999)
Ford Acquires Volvo
Wal-Mart continues it's world wide expansion plans when it buys the
Mars Climate Orbiter reaches Mars but due to software error taking spaceship to close to surface is destroyed by atmospheric stresses and friction
The year 2000 problem known as the Y2K problem and the millennium bug was the most important thing on most company’s minds in 1999.
My Space was officially introduced to the Internet
Bluetooth announced.
The initial release of Napster
The genetic code that comprised the euchromatic portion of human chromosome 22 is released into the public domain for the good of mankind.
Popular Films
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
The Sixth Sense
Toy Story 2
The Matrix
Tarzan
The Mummy
Notting Hill
American Beauty
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
American Pie
October Sky
Popular Musicians
Lenny Kravitz
Britney Spears
Kid Rock
Madonna
Christina Aguilera
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
Backstreet Boys
Jennifer Lopez
Eminem
Limp Bizkit
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Eminem
Nas
Jay – Z
Missy Elliott
Junior M.A.F.I.A
Lil Kim
702
Dru Hill
Aaliyah
Usher
Janet Jackson
Brandy
Monica
Destiny's Child
Shania Twain
TLC
Popular Television Shows
Simpsons
Frasier
The X-Files
ER
Friends
7th Heaven
Everybody Loves Raymond
Ally McBeal
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
King of the Hill
The Practice
Becker
Charmed
Sex and the City
That '70s Show
The King of
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Will & Grace
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