1. Yearbook '99
By Julian Voitek

2. The President of the US
• Bill Clinton

3. Vice President of the US
• Al Gore

4. Time Magazine's Person of
the Year
• Jeff Bezos

5. Miss America
• Nicole Johnson

6. The Life Expectancy
• Men: 74.9 years
• Women: 79.9 years

7. The US Population
• 279.64 million citizens

8. The US Unemployment Rate
• 4.30%

9. 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

10. 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

11. The #1 Automobile Sold
• Toyota
Camry,
with
448,162
units
sold

12. Four Advertisements

13. 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

14. 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

15. Memorable Movies of the
Year
• Fight Club
• The Matrix
• American Pie
• The Sixth Sense
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Green Mile
• Office Space

16. 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

17. TV Shows that Premiered
This Year
• Family Guy
• Futurama
• The Sopranos
• Spongebob Squarepants
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
• The Amanda Show

18. TV Shows that were
Canceled This Year
• Sister, Sister
• Home Improvement
• Iron Chef

19. Eight Fun Facts
o 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