Hands down the 90s were the best years....

            Take a trip down memory lane with some oldies but
            goodies below:

 

President

Bill Clinton served as the 42nd president from January 1992 until January 2001.  Al Gore was the Vice-President.

Cost of Living 1998              

• Average Cost of new house $129,300.00

• Average Income per year $38,100.00

• Average Monthly Rent $619.00

• Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.15

• Average cost of new car $17,200.00

• US Postage Stamp 32 cents

• 1 LB of Bacon $2.53

• 1 LB Hamburger meat $1.40

• Loaf of Bread $1.26

• Dozen Eggs 88 cents

• Gallon of Milk  $3.16

•  Men's shirt $14.49

• Aiwa CD Player $199.00

Events 1998

• Financial Crisis hits much of South East Asia
• Worlds biggest airport in the world opens in Hong Kong
• Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. starting the Lewinsky scandal and investigations
• An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000
• James Byrd Jr, a 49-year-old African-American man is dragged to his death behind a pickup truck
• Tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42
• Forest Fires in Florida force 120,000 to flee their homes
  Hurricane Mitch makes landfall in Central America killing an estimated 18,000 people
• Europeans agree on a single currency the Euro
• President Bill Clinton Impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice.
• Two boys Mitchell Johnson (13 yrs old) and Andrew Golden (11 Years Old) shoot and kill four fellow students in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
• The two oil companies Exxon and Mobil merge to create the worlds largest petroleum company
• Low Flying US Military jet severs the cable of a ski lift in Italy and 20 people plunge to their death
• Iraq prevents UN weapons inspectors from conducting a search and President Bill Clinton orders a series of air strikes against Iraq
• BMW buys Rolls-Royce cars for $570 million

Technology              

• Windows 98 released by Microsoft
• During 1998 with the technology maturing e-commerce started to take off as more and more companies decided to create a presence on the Internet with their own web sites.
• The Search Engine Google is founded.
• The FDA approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, becoming the first pill to be approved to treat this condition in the United States.
• Apple Computer unveils the iMac.

 

TV                    

 

What Shows Did You Watch?
E.R.	Frasier	Friends
Home Improvement	Touched by an Angel	Martin
The Sopranos	Everybody Loves Raymond	20/20
NYPD Blue	Law and Order	Felicity
Ricki Lake	Monday Night Football	Walker, Texas Ranger
The Jerry Springer Show	America's Funniest Home Videos	The X-Files
Cow and Chicken	King of the Hill	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Doug	Judge Judy	South Park
Hey Arnold	The Drew Carey Show	The Real World
Boy Meets World	Family Matters	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

 

Music  

        

 

 

 

Billboard Top 10

1. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica

2. Too Close - Next

3. You're Still the One - Shania Twain

4. Candle in the Wind 1997 (Princes Diana) - Elton John

5. Been Around the World - Puff Daddy & The Family

6. How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes

7. Nice & Slow - Usher

8. No, No, No, - Destiny's Child

9. My Way - Usher

10. My All - Mariah Carey

 

Video Games

Super Mario Bros

Mortal Kombat

Sonic the Hedgehog

Final Fantasy

 

Movies

Saving Private Ryan

Armageddon

There's Something About Mary

A Bug's Life

The Waterboy

Doctor Dolittle

Rush Hour

Deep Impact

Godzilla

Patch Adams

 

Pictures

I think this was the trip we took out to the Outer Banks with the science teacher.  I JUST got this film developed on 7/7/08!  (Yeah, I know...over 12 years later!)  Does anyone remember this?

 

That same trip.  Sharon posing at the rail of the boat.  I think that's Tiffany bundled up in the coat beside her and Beth Willis(?) on the other side.

 

Yeah, we were the bomb!  I can't EVEN tell you what year this was!