What was happening in 1999?
Cost Of Living 1999
How much things cost in 1999
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
What Events Happened in 1999
· Renewed fighting between Pakistan and India over Kashmir
· Democracy restored to Indonesia
· Ford Acquires Volvo
· 2 Devastating Earthquakes kill 14,000 people in Turkey
· Serbs accelerate ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians leading to a NATO bombing attack
· New multi party assembly in Northern Ireland meets restoring self rule after 22 years
· European Union bans Beef Imports from the US over the widespread use of growth hormones
· The human population of the world surpassed six billion.
· Euro currency introduced
· Great Britain Introduces the Minimum Hourly Wage Rate of all adults must be paid at least £3.60 an hour
· Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping.
· A F5 tornado slams in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killing 38 people
· The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time
· The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Miloševic and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo
· Lance Armstrong wins first Tour de France.
· A powerful, magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Athens, killing 143 people
· Earthquake in central Taiwan kills about 2,400 people.
· Jack Kervorkian was sentenced for the second-degree murder of Thomas Youk (assisted suicide).
· New US Gun Control Bill Rejected for new controls going too far, and new controls not going far enough.
· Thirty-one people die in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west of London, England.
· Earthquake and Tsunami in Vanuatu
· Russia offensive on Chechnya using Missile Attacks
· Australian voters decided to keep the queen and not become a republic
· The Millennium Dome opens in London
· The Geneva Convention celebrations for 50th Anniversary
· Walmart continues it's world wide expansion plans when it buys the UK supermarket chain ASDA
· Mattel's Barbie Doll celebrates it's 40th Birthday
· Daredevel Evil Knievel Jumps the grand canyon on a rocket powered motorcycle
· Torrential rains caused catastrophic floods and mudslides in the coastal regions of Venezuela, killing an estimated 25,000 people and leaving 100,000 others homeless.
· Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, replaced by Vladimir Putin
· Dr. Jack Kevorkian, was found guilty of second-degree murder for for giving a lethal injection in a case of voluntary euthanasia
· Impeachment Proceedings are bought against President Bill Clinton
· Prince Edward marries commoner Sophie Rhys-Jones at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
· The Queen opens the first Scottish Parliament in 300 years
· Osama bin Laden sets his Al-Qaeda terrorist base in Afghanistan ( he is on the FBI's Most wanted List ) following involvment in American embassey bombings in Africa
· U.S. women's soccer team wins the FIFA Women's World Cup champions
· Total Eclipse Of The Sun Is Seen In cities of Europe and Asia
· The Liberty Bell space capsule recovered in Florida during an expedition sponsored by the Discovery Channel.
· Start of Millennium celebrations worldwide (technically the Millennium started in 2001 not 2000).
Popular Culture 1999
Popular Films
· Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
· The Sixth Sense
· Toy Story 2
· The Matrix
· Tarzan
· The Mummy
· Notting Hill
· The World Is Not Enough
· American Beauty
· Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
· American Pie
· October Sky
· South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Popular Musicians
· Lenny Kravitz
· Sarah McLachlan
· Britney Spears
· Enrique Iglesias
· Kid Rock
· Madonna
· Cher
· S Club 7
· Korn
· Christina Aguilera
· Whitney Houston
· Mariah Carey
· Backstreet Boys
· Jennifer Lopez
· Pearl Jam
· Foo Fighters
· Ricky Martin
· Eminem
· Limp Bizkit
· The Offspring
· Red Hot Chili Peppers
· Santana
· Shania Twain
· TLC
· blink-182
· Phil Collins
· New Radicals
Popular Television
· Simpsons
· Beverly Hills 90210
· One Foot in the Grave (UK)
· Frasier
· The X-Files
· Chicago Hope
· ER
· Friends
· 7th Heaven
· Everybody Loves Raymond
· Ally McBeal
· Buffy the Vampire Slayer
· King of the Hill
· South Park
· The Practice
· Teletubbies (UK)
· The Wonderful World of Disney
· Becker
· Charmed
· Dawson's Creek
· Sex and the City
· That '70s Show
· The King of Queens
· Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
· Will & Grace
Source: www.thepeoplehistory.com
How much things cost in 1999
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
What Events Happened in 1999
· Renewed fighting between Pakistan and India over Kashmir
· Democracy restored to Indonesia
· Ford Acquires Volvo
· 2 Devastating Earthquakes kill 14,000 people in Turkey
· Serbs accelerate ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians leading to a NATO bombing attack
· New multi party assembly in Northern Ireland meets restoring self rule after 22 years
· European Union bans Beef Imports from the US over the widespread use of growth hormones
· The human population of the world surpassed six billion.
· Euro currency introduced
· Great Britain Introduces the Minimum Hourly Wage Rate of all adults must be paid at least £3.60 an hour
· Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping.
· A F5 tornado slams in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killing 38 people
· The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time
· The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Miloševic and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo
· Lance Armstrong wins first Tour de France.
· A powerful, magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Athens, killing 143 people
· Earthquake in central Taiwan kills about 2,400 people.
· Jack Kervorkian was sentenced for the second-degree murder of Thomas Youk (assisted suicide).
· New US Gun Control Bill Rejected for new controls going too far, and new controls not going far enough.
· Thirty-one people die in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west of London, England.
· Earthquake and Tsunami in Vanuatu
· Russia offensive on Chechnya using Missile Attacks
· Australian voters decided to keep the queen and not become a republic
· The Millennium Dome opens in London
· The Geneva Convention celebrations for 50th Anniversary
· Walmart continues it's world wide expansion plans when it buys the UK supermarket chain ASDA
· Mattel's Barbie Doll celebrates it's 40th Birthday
· Daredevel Evil Knievel Jumps the grand canyon on a rocket powered motorcycle
· Torrential rains caused catastrophic floods and mudslides in the coastal regions of Venezuela, killing an estimated 25,000 people and leaving 100,000 others homeless.
· Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, replaced by Vladimir Putin
· Dr. Jack Kevorkian, was found guilty of second-degree murder for for giving a lethal injection in a case of voluntary euthanasia
· Impeachment Proceedings are bought against President Bill Clinton
· Prince Edward marries commoner Sophie Rhys-Jones at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
· The Queen opens the first Scottish Parliament in 300 years
· Osama bin Laden sets his Al-Qaeda terrorist base in Afghanistan ( he is on the FBI's Most wanted List ) following involvment in American embassey bombings in Africa
· U.S. women's soccer team wins the FIFA Women's World Cup champions
· Total Eclipse Of The Sun Is Seen In cities of Europe and Asia
· The Liberty Bell space capsule recovered in Florida during an expedition sponsored by the Discovery Channel.
· Start of Millennium celebrations worldwide (technically the Millennium started in 2001 not 2000).
Popular Culture 1999
Popular Films
· Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
· The Sixth Sense
· Toy Story 2
· The Matrix
· Tarzan
· The Mummy
· Notting Hill
· The World Is Not Enough
· American Beauty
· Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
· American Pie
· October Sky
· South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Popular Musicians
· Lenny Kravitz
· Sarah McLachlan
· Britney Spears
· Enrique Iglesias
· Kid Rock
· Madonna
· Cher
· S Club 7
· Korn
· Christina Aguilera
· Whitney Houston
· Mariah Carey
· Backstreet Boys
· Jennifer Lopez
· Pearl Jam
· Foo Fighters
· Ricky Martin
· Eminem
· Limp Bizkit
· The Offspring
· Red Hot Chili Peppers
· Santana
· Shania Twain
· TLC
· blink-182
· Phil Collins
· New Radicals
Popular Television
· Simpsons
· Beverly Hills 90210
· One Foot in the Grave (UK)
· Frasier
· The X-Files
· Chicago Hope
· ER
· Friends
· 7th Heaven
· Everybody Loves Raymond
· Ally McBeal
· Buffy the Vampire Slayer
· King of the Hill
· South Park
· The Practice
· Teletubbies (UK)
· The Wonderful World of Disney
· Becker
· Charmed
· Dawson's Creek
· Sex and the City
· That '70s Show
· The King of Queens
· Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
· Will & Grace
Source: www.thepeoplehistory.com
