Yearbook '99By Julian Voitek

The President of the US

• Bill Clinton

Vice President of the US

• Al Gore

Time Magazine's Person of the Year

• Jeff Bezos

Miss America

• Nicole Johnson

The Life Expectancy

• Men: 74.9 years

• Women: 79.9 years

The US Population

• 279.64 million citizens

The US Unemployment Rate

• 4.30%

Six World News Facts• Euro is introduced

• Paraguay's Vice President is assassinated• Bomb explodes in Moscow killing 119 people

• Earthquake in Central Taiwan kills 2,400 people• Earthquake in Athens kills 143 people and

leaves 50,000 people homeless• Earthquake in Ïzmit, Turkey kills 17,000 people

Five National News Facts

• Michael Jordan announces retirement

• Impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins in US Senate

• Legoland opens in Carlsbad, California

• John F. Kennedy, Jr. dies in plane crash

• NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter

The #1 Automobile Sold

• Toyota Camry, with 448,162 units sold

Four Advertisements

The #1 Billboard Song for Each Month of the Year

• January: Have You Ever - Brandy

• February: Angel of Mine - Monica

• March: Believe - Cher

• April: No Scrubs - TLC

• May: Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin

• June: If You Had My Love – Jennifer Lopez

• July: Bills, Bills, Bills – Destiny’s Child

• August: Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera

• September: Unpretty - TLC

• October: Heartbreaker – Mariah Carey

• November + December: Smooth - Santana

Cost of Living• Sugar: 5 lbs was

$2.13

• Milk: $2.88

• Coffee: $2.30

• Bread: $1.49

• Ground Beef: $1.32

• A New House:

$119,600

• Gasoline: $1.22

• A New Car: $21,050

• A Movie Ticket: $5.06

• A Postage Stamp: $0.33

Memorable Movies of the Year

• Fight Club• The Matrix• American Pie• The Sixth Sense • The Blair Witch Project• The Green Mile • Office Space

Top Sports Champions

• -Golf U.S. Open Winner: Payne Stewart

• -Pro Football Champions: Denver Broncos

• -Indianapolis 500 Winner: Kenny Bräch at an averaged 153 mph

• -Stanley Cup Winners: Dallas Stars

• -Kentucky Derby Winner: Charismatic with jockey Chris Antley

• -World Series Champions: New York Yankees

• -College Football Champions: Florida State

• -Heisman Trophy Winner: Ron Dayne

• -Wimbledon Singles Winners: Pete Sampras (men's), Lindsay Davenport (women's)

• -Boston Marathon Winner: Joseph Chebet

TV Shows that Premiered This Year

• Family Guy

• Futurama

• The Sopranos

• Spongebob Squarepants

• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

• The Amanda Show

TV Shows that were Canceled This Year

• Sister, Sister

• Home Improvement

• Iron Chef

Eight Fun Factso Finally, Pac-Man’s Perfect Score! Billy Mitchell, played Pac-Man for six hours non-

stop to reach the 256th screen and achieve a score of 3,333,360. Pac-Man was released in 1980.Susan Lucci won her first Daytime Emmy Award, after 19 nominations.

o Cost of a Superbowl ad in 1999: $1,600,000

o Susan Lucci won her first Daytime Emmy Award, after 19 nominations.

o American Beauty won Oscar for Best Picture

o Nelson Mandela, first black president of South Africa, steps down (June 16), and Thabo Mbeki takes over.

o The world awaits the consequences of the Y2K bug, with more drastic millennial theorists warning of Armageddeon

o Stanley Kubrick, the iconoclastic director of such legendary films as Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey,and A Clockwork Orange, dies at his home outside London. He was 70.

o Joe DiMaggio died