1999 was just 10 years ago this year…….

 1999 The world’s population exceeds Six Billion. The Wars in the Balkans continue to cause suffering in the region, but both sides do come to the table and a peace is agreed. The world prepares for the new millennium parties and computers around the world run testing for the millennium bug which could cause wide scale disruption to business and infrastructure if not fixed. The Internet and Mobile Phones around the world open up new opportunities for successful entrepreneurs.

 Cost of Living

Yearly Inflation Rate USA 2.19%

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

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Class of 1999 Graduation (June 4, 1999)

Ford Acquires Volvo

 The human population of the world surpassed six billion.

 Hurricane Floyd a Category 4 storm with winds in excess of 140mph strikes North Carolina causing 56 deaths

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time

 Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France.

 Two boys 17 and 18 years old go on a rampage at Columbine High School on April 20th Killing 15

 New US Gun Control Bill Rejected for new controls going too far, and new controls not going far enough.

Wal-Mart continues it's world wide expansion plans when it buys the UK supermarket chain ASDA

 The West Nile Virus first appears in the United States

 Mattel's Barbie Doll celebrates it's 40th Birthday

 Daredevil Evil Knievel Jumps the grand canyon on a rocket powered motorcycle

 Dr. Jack Kevorkian, was found guilty of second-degree murder for giving a lethal injection in a case of voluntary euthanasia

 Impeachment Proceedings are bought against President Bill Clinton

 

 Technology

The "Melissa" e-mail virus, infects more than 1 million computers worldwide causing more than $80 million in damage, clogging up E-Mail Systems around the world

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

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

 

Popular Musicians

Lenny Kravitz

Britney Spears

Kid Rock

Madonna

Cher

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

Beverly Hills 90210

Frasier

The X-Files

ER

Friends

7th Heaven

Everybody Loves Raymond

Ally McBeal

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

King of the Hill

South Park

The Practice

Becker

Charmed

Dawson's Creek

Sex and the City

That '70s Show

The King of Queens

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Will & Grace