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1 2 “These first year students were born the year when parental advisory stickers became standardized, the Hubble Telescope was launched into orbit, and Nelson Mandela was released from prison.” 3 4 Average Prices Gallon of Milk $2.78 1990 No Smoking Gallon of Gas $1.85 on Airplanes Dozen of Eggs $0.86 •On February 11, Nelson Mandela is Postage Stamp $0.25 finally released from prison after Dow Jones Avg 2633 twenty-seven years. Avg. Income $29,943 Wall Deconstruction New House $122,300 •Parental Advisory stickers become standardized as black and white logo. Sports Super Bowl •“I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up!” becomes a catch phrase based upon a San Francisco 49ers T.V. ad for emergency call necklaces World Series Cincinnati Reds • After the wall fell, the push towards German Reunification was set, Oct 3. Stanley Cup Rosanne “sings” National Edmonton Oilers Entertainment • Costing 1.5 million dollars, the Hubble Anthem Best Picture Telescope is launched into orbit. Dances With Wolves Best Actor Jeremy Irons Best Actress Gameboy Kathy Bates Top Song “From A Distance” – Super Soaker ! Bette Midler 6 Average Prices Gallon of Milk $2.80 1991 Gallon of Gas $1.60 Dozen of Eggs $0.85 •Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson retires November Postage Stamp $0.25 7 after testing positive for AIDS, and Dow Jones Avg 3168 becomes an AIDS spokesperson. Avg. Income $29,430 • A videotape Rodney King being beaten by Sports New House $119,900 four white police officers makes national Comedy Central Premiers Super Bowl headlines. New York Giants • Rajiv Gandhi former Prime minister of India is killed in a bomb explosion in south World Series India, while campaigning for reelection. Minnesota Twins • On August 6, Tim Berners-Lee releases Stanley Cup files describing his idea for the "World Pittsburgh Pens Wide Web." Entertainment Best Picture ‘Fresh Prince’ wins Grammy Silence of the Lambs Best Actor Anthony Hopkins Best Actress Jodie Foster Top Song Seattle Grunge Explosion Someday – Mariah Carey Bio-Dome Failure 7 8 Average Prices Gallon of Milk $2.78 1992 Gallon of Gas $1.50 Dozen of Eggs $0.93 Postage Stamp $0.25 Dow Jones Avg 3301 • Bill Clinton defeats incumbent, George Real World premiers on MTV Bush with 43% of the total votes. Avg. Income $30,030 New House $121,200 •Hurricane Andrew hits Florida on Sports August 22, killing 14 and leaving 250,000 Super Bowl people homeless costing a total of 20 Washington billion dollars in damage. Redskins •McDonalds opens first location in World Series Beijing. Toronto Blue Jays •Dr. Mae C. Jemison becomes the first Stanley Cup African-American woman astronaut, Pittsburgh Entertainment orbiting Earth for a week, in the successful mission of space shuttle Best Picture Endeavor. Unforgiven Best Actor Al Pacino Best Actress Emma Thompson Top Song Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton Carson retires from “Tonight” 9 10 Average Prices Gallon of Milk $2.86 1993 Gallon of Gas $1.60 Dozen of Eggs $0.87 Postage Stamp $0.29 •Michael Jordon retires to play minor Dow Jones Avg 3654 league baseball, only to return to Power Rangers Avg. Income $31,230 basketball 17 months later. New House $126,140 •Suspected terrorists drive a car bomb Sports into the basement of the World Trade Super Bowl center in New York; 290 people injured and 5 killed. Dallas Cowboys World Series • The singer Prince, changes his name to Toronto Blue Jays his signature symbol, shortly after he Easy Bake Oven changes it back. Stanley Cup Montreal •Congress repeals female combat Entertainment exemption laws and President Clinton Best Picture opens many combat positions to women. Schindler’s List Best Actor Tom Hanks Best Actress Holly Hunter Top Song “I Will Always Love You” – Whitney Houston Highest grossing film Sinead O’Conner on SNL 11 12 Average Prices Gallon of Milk $2.88 1994 Gallon of Gas $1.40 Dozen of Eggs $0.87 Postage Stamp $0.29 • The Hubble telescope reveals conclusive Friends premiers on NBC Dow Jones Avg 3834 evidence of the existence of black holes. Avg. Income $32,264 RIP Richard Nixon New House $130,400 •North American Free Trade Agreement Sports (NAFTA) is enacted. Super Bowl • Suspected terrorists drive a car bomb into Dallas Cowboys the basement of the World Trade Center in NYC; 290 people injured and 5 killed. World Series GIRL POWER!!! • Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg Cancelled due to a player strike by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding. Stanley Cup N.Y. Rangers •OJ Simpson is charged with the murders of Entertainment his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and Best Picture her friend Ron Goldman. Cobain commits suicide Forrest Gump Best Actor Tom Hanks Best Actress Jessica Lange Top Song Tiger wins the Masters The Sign – Ace of Base OJ’s low-speed chase 13 14 Average Prices Gallon of Milk $2.96 1995 Gallon of Gas $1.50 Dozen of Eggs $0.87 • Oklahoma City Federal Building is bombed Postage Stamp $0.29 by terrorists, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Dow Jones Avg 5117 Nichols killing 168 people. Selena is murdered Jerry Garcia dies Avg. Income $35,900 •“Superman,” Christopher Reeves, is paralyzed Sports New House $133,400 after failing from a horse. Super Bowl •President Clinton officially exempts Area 51 San Francisco 49ers from revealing its environmental records to World Series “Houston… the public, thus confirming its existence. we have a problem” Atlanta Braves Stanley Cup •The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland. New Jersey Entertainment •British Doctors create the world's first cloned Best Picture sheep from embryo cells. Braveheart Best Actor Nicolas Cage Best Actress Susan Sarandon Top Song “All I Wanna Do” – Sheryl Crow O.J. is INNOCENT! Million Man March 15 16 Dolly Cloned Average Prices Gallon of Milk $3.30 1996 Gallon of Gas $1.55 Dozen of Eggs $1.11 • President Clinton wins a second term Postage Stamp $0.32 against Republican nominee, Bob Dole. Dow Jones Avg 6448 Avg. Income $36,300 •Flight 800 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean New House $139,760 after leaving Long Island; all 230 passengers Sports are killed. Super Bowl SHOW ME THE MONEY!! Dallas Cowboys •After 17 years of search, the FBI finally Stanley Cup arrests the Unabomber in Montana. Colorado Avalanche •Janet Jackson becomes the highest paid World Series 45 million Online musician in history when she signs an $80- N.Y. Yankees million deal with Virgin Records. Entertainment •“Tickle Me Elmo” is the must have toy, Best Picture Blizzard of ‘96 some parents paying nearly $2000 for one. The English Patient Best Actor Geoffery Rush Best Actress Frances McDormand Top Song “You Learn” – Alanis Jon Benet Ramsey Morisette Tupac murdered Murdered 17 18 Average Prices Gallon of Milk $3.22 1997 Gallon of Gas $1.65 Dozen of Eggs $1.06 • The world morns the tragic death of Postage Stamp $0.32 Tara Lipinski Dow Jones Avg 7908 England’s beloved Princess Diana. youngest champion Avg. Income $37,006 •Mike Tyson bites both of Evander Sports New House $145,000 Holyfield’s ears during a boxing match. Super Bowl •July 1, after 156 years of British rule, Green Bay Packers England returned control of Hong Kong World Series back to China. Florida Marlins •Madeleine Albright becomes the first Stanley Cup woman to serve as United States Secretary RIP Mother Teresa Detroit Red Wings of State. Entertainment Best Picture • NASA’s Pathfinder lands on Mars. Titanic Best Actor Jack Nicholson Best Actress Helen Hunt Top Song Notorious B.I.G. “Don’t Speak” – No Doubt 1st Episode Premiers FCC debuts TV ratings murdered 19 20 Average Prices Gallon of Milk $3.16 1998 Gallon of Gas $1.30 Dozen of Eggs $1.04 Napster is born Postage Stamp $0.32 • Matthew Sheppard, University of Wyoming Homerun Chase Dow Jones Avg 9181 student, is viciously attacked for being gay. Avg. Income $38,100 Sports New House $166,140 •John Glenn blasts off in the Discovery at age 77, becoming the oldest man ever in space. Super Bowl Denver Broncos • El Nino upsets weather patterns causing Seinfeld’s final episode World Series drought and record high temperatures in much of the southern U.S. N.Y. Yankees Stanley Cup •The Chicago Bulls win their 6th NBA title in 8 Detroit Red Wings years and Michael Jordan plays his final game Entertainment as a Bull. Sex and the City Premiers Best Picture • Dec 13, Bill Clinton is impeached by the Shakespeare in Love United States House of Representatives. Best Actor Roberto Benigni Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Top Song “My Heart Will Go On” “I did not have sexual – Celine Dion relations with that woman.” 21 22 Groovy Baby! Average Prices Gallon of Milk $3.32 1999 Gallon of Gas $1.20 Dozen of Eggs $0.95 Postage Stamp $0.33 • April 20, two students go on a shooting Euro created Dow Jones Avg 11497 rampage in Columbine High School in Avg. Income $40,810 Littleton, Colorado killing 12 students, 1 New House $159,700 teacher and finally themselves. Sports Super Bowl •Lance Armstrong defies all odds and wins Tour de France, inspiring millions of Y2K Scare Denver Broncos people. World Series •John F. Kennedy, Jr., wife, and sister-in-law N.Y. Yankees perish in plane crash. Stanley Cup Dallas Stars •Wayne Gretzky retires with the New York Entertainment Best Picture Rangers as the Great One. Microsoft Monopoly American Beauty Best Actor Kevin Spacey Best Actress Hilary Swank Top Song “Livin’ La Vida Loca” – Rickey Martin World Cup! 24 Average Prices 51 million viewers Gallon of Milk $3.09 2000 Gallon of Gas $1.60 Dozen of Eggs $0.91 Postage Stamp $0.33 • The closest election in US history is won by Michael J.