Comentary of the Happenings of 1999
Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:32 PM
What Events Happened in 1999
- Renewed fighting between Pakistan and India over Kashmir
That Crazy Sweater has caused so many problems!
- Democracy restored to Indonesia
The People can controll the government, but not Tsunami's, Earth Quakes, and
the Bird Flu.
- Ford Acquires Volvo
Now Chevy and Chrystler could both be going under.
- European Union bans Beef Imports from the US over the widespread use of growth hormones
Then Mad Cow Desiese was discovered in Europe... Ironic?
- The human population of the world surpassed six billion.
There really are only a few things you can do to entertain your self in small towns
- Euro currency introduced
And quickly becomes stronger than the Dollar
- Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping.
Do you think Jones misunderstood Piccard when he asked if he wanted to get high?
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time
This year it closed under 7,000 at one point, Good thing I put all my money in
Lehman Brothers... Oh Wait!
- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Miloševic and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo
Come on Milosevic Hitler so score boarded you!
- Lance Armstrong wins first Tour de France.
At that point he was one ball heaver than he is now.
- Jack Kervorkian was sentenced for the second-degree murder of Thomas Youk (assisted suicide).
An Akward way to lend a helping hand.
- Russia offensive on Chechnya using Missile Attacks
Russia Invaded Georgia This past August, Someone has a Chip on their Red
Russky Sholders
- Australian voters decided to keep the queen and not become a republic
Keeping the Queen? So was this similar to propisition 8?
- Mattel's Barbie Doll celebrates it's 40th Birthday
I bet Barbie is one of those ladies that can't grow old gracefully and has tons of
Plastic Surgery ( I am kind of ashamed that I had to take that joke there.)
TALK ABOUT A COUGAR!
- Daredevel Evil Knievel Jumps the grand canyon on a rocket powered motorcycle
Was that a prototype for a flying car?
- Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, replaced by Vladimir Putin
Who has yet to get out of controll and never plans on leaving.
- Impeachment Proceedings are bought against President Bill Clinton
You think Clinton could have benifitted by one of the Tide-to-Go Pens?
- Total Eclipse Of The Sun Is Seen In cities of Europe and Asia
That must have been Crazy to go outside and it be dark...
.... Oh wait I think they call that NIGHT!
- Start of Millennium celebrations worldwide (technically the Millennium started in 2001 not 2000).
Some people still have rations from their Y2K bunkers they haven't finished off.
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