Millennium Dreams

For your entertainment, some of the other happenings that made the review in '98-'99:

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• "Teens today rank pizza, french fries, pasta, hamburgers/cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets as their top five favorite foods."
• "Today, 68 percent of teens watch MTV 5.4 hours a week."
• "The average American now owns 7.03 pairs of jeans."
• "Today, the average age at marriage for women is 24.5 and 26.9 for men.""On January 1, 1999, the euro debuts as the new currency in 11 European Common Market countries."
• "Women take further strides in sports with the first WNBA game on June 21, 1997."
• "The Concorde airplane travels at 1,336 miles per hour and crosses the Atlantic Ocean in under three hours."
• "In 1998, NASA begins construction of the International Space Station, the most complex technological project in human history."
• "Today's 10th to 12th grader works an average of 19 hours a week."
• "India begins nuclear bomb testing in response to Pakistan's testing of the Ghauri missile."
• "President Clinton becomes the second president in history to be impeached. The House of Representatives charges him with two counts of obstruction of justice and perjury. The Senate acquits Clinton after a five-week trial."
• "Sixteen of the 24 glass beads that historians believe were used to buy Manhattan Island from Native Indians in 1626 are donated to the Indian Museum of North America located at the Crazy Horse Memorial."
• "St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire hits home run number 62 on September 8, breaking the record set by Roger Maris in 1961. McGwire ends the season with 70 home runs."
• "In response to family pressure, DNA testing confirms that remains buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns are those of Michael J. Blassie, an Air Force pilot shot down in Vietnam."
• "A computerized T-shirt, woven with fiber optics and electrically conducted thread, may soon monitor the health of soldiers, rescuers, the elderly and others who are medically vulnerable."
• "Researchers discover a gene that may cause the aggressive behavior of 'killer bees.' This knowledge may help tame African bees, whose sting has deterred beekeepers from tending hives."
• "By 1996, there are over 119 million credit card holders and about 1,390,000 ATM terminals in the U.S."
• "A total collapse of the Russian ruble sends world markets into chaos. Boris Yeltsin asks Viktor Chernomyrdin to head the government to help restore political and economic stability."
• "Furby, the year's must-have interactive toy, has a vocabulary of 200 words in both English and its own language, 'Furbish.'"
• "Cargo pants invade stores and become the must-have apparel for teens across the nation."
• "Heartthrob George Clooney announces 1998-99 will be his last season on NBC's award-winning television drama, 'ER.'"
• "Taco Bell's talking Chihuahua becomes a favorite teen advertising icon and sparks a surge of interest in the breed."
• "Sharp and Sony introduce portable MiniDisc recorders. This digital alternative to audiocassettes records customized music compilations and doesn't skip when bumped."
• "Thanks in part to their 42-city tour, The Backstreet Boys' self-titled album sells nine million copies making it the third best-selling album of the year."
• "In January 1999, Michael Jordan announces his retirement from the NBA after 13 seasons."
• "After dropping out of the third grade in 1902 to care for her 11 younger siblings, retired nanny and housekeeper Eugenie Garside finally receives her high school diploma at age 98."