Winter of Terror



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1992 Florida hurricanes including Hurricane Andrew, Drought in S AFR, Lexus developed by Toyota, End of civil War in El Salvador, UN Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, BRA, Gomeç Turkey avalanche, plague of locusts in Africa, drought in Zimbabwe, Earthquake in Turkey, Storm in France * Bush 41 visits BYU, UT, Presidential candidate Clinton visits Utah where he learns about fasting and thanks leaders for efforts with Hurricane Andrew, President Faust attends inauguration – after Clinton loses (3rd place) in UT, Jun - Tornado hits WI state prison, Aug - MT has 13 inches of snow, Oct - 3 tornadoes in Flagstaff, AZ, Flooding closes LaGuardia Airport in major storm, Dec - 7.8 earthquake in Indonesia produces massive tsunami, Earth Summit in Rio, Rodney King riots, NAFTA signed, 5 earthquakes over 6.1 in CA, earthquakes in NV, Nicaragua, Turkey, possible tsunami in FL, CAN outlaws beauty competitions for women, LA riots follow Rodney king verdict, Carol Mosley-Braun elected to senate, Church of England allows wimen to become priests, Planet discovered outside of our solar system, NAFTA established, death of Kennedy designer Emilio Pucci, death of German-born actress Marlene Dietrich, death of English artist John Piper, death of French composer Oliver Messiaen, UK Labour Party holds pre-election rally and puts off most of the voters, Hoover company offers free flights in UK thinking few would apply but they lose 48million pounds, Yugoslav Federation broken up to Serbia Croatia +, UN expels Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia, Bush and Yeltsin proclaim formal end to Cold War, US lifts trade sanctions against China, Noriega former leader of Panama sentenced on drug charges, Russian Parliament approves START treaty, US forces leave Philippines ending nearly a century of American presence, Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic and Slovakia, UN approves foor for Somalia, NAFTA signed, four officers acquitted in Los Angeles beating of Rodney King – violence erupts, Weinberger indicted in Iran-Contra affair, Clinton and Gore win election, Court clears Exxon Valdez skipper, Senate ratifies second Strategis Arms Limitation Treaty, Bush pardons former Reagan Administration officials in Iran-Contra affair, compact discs surpass cassette tapes in sales, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow engage in custody battle and Allen’s affair with adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn comes to light, Johnny Carson ends 20 years on The Tonight Show, books include “The English Patient”, Text-based web browser becomes available to public, 172 nations at Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, deaths Alex Haley, actor Anthony Perkins, Isaac Asimov, Lawrence Welk, blues artist Willie Dixon, “Unforgiven” top movie “Silence of the Lambs” “Unforgiven” “The Crying Game” “Howards End”, Popular Songs: Artists include Sir Mixx A Lott, Right Said Fred (I’m Too Sexy), Boys II Men, Technotronic, Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody re-release), Unforgettable by Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole, Television: Last time Johnny Carson hosts “The Tonight Show” as Jay Leno takes over – debut of David Letterman, Death of Alex Haley – Author, Campbell et all show Siberian Traps volcanoes caused Permo-Triassic mass extinction 251 mya, Utahraptor discovered, Ardipithecus ramidus discovered, Relief Society sends supplies to Russia, Tabernacle Choir travels to Israel, literacy reemphasized through church, 20.000th ward created
1993 Mayon eruption, Drought at horn of AFR, Drought in S AFR, fire hits Sumatra, Fire in Borneo, Eritrea breaks from Ethiopia, Israelis and Palestinians sign Oslo Peace Accords, Aboriginals win land rights in Australia, Storm of the Century in Eastern US kills 318, Mississippi River floods, Flooding in Argentina, Earthquake in India kills just under 10k, flooding in Nepal, Tsunami hits Japan from offshore quake, Earthquake in New Guinea * Clinton signs the Religious Freedom Restoration Act – LDS leaders campaigning for it, Jan - 150 inches of snow falls in single storm in Sierra Nevada mountains, Jan - 18 inches of ie on Mount Haleakala HI, Feb - 14 inches of snow falls in 6 hours in Sioux City, IA, Mar - "Storm of the century" hist US East Coast, Jun - Great Midwest Flood of 1993 begins - river crests in July, Aug - Utah Ashley National Forest tornado, Sep - Temp drops in 1 day from 90 degrees to five inches of snow in Denver, Hubble repaired, first web browser created, "Schindler's List" released, World Trade Centers bombed, siege in Waco TX, Earthquake in India kills almost 10k, Japan quake and tsunami, Toni Morrison wins Nobel Prize in literature, Vaclav Havel elected president of Czechoslovakia in “Velvet Revolution”, Eritrea gains independence, Police in Showhegan ME begin pulling over tourists to give them free perks, French radio station broadcasts high-frequency sound waves to protect listeners from mosquitoes, Andrew Wiles solves Fermat’s Last Theorem, scientists clone human embryos, EC forms European Market, death of actress Audrey Hepburn, Canadian elections changed because an ad was thought to ridicule a physical problem of a candidate – big sweep for the offended party, Crystal Pepsi released, Superbowl blunder of celebrating before the goal line lead to touchback by rival team, Vaclav Havel elected Czech President, British House of Commons approves European unity pact, 22 UN troops killed in Somalia, Israeli-Palestinian accord reached, Yeltsin’s forces crush revolt in Russian Parliament, China breaks nuclear test moratorium, Sout Africa adopts majority rule constitution, Clinton agrees to compromise on military’s ban on homosexuals, Federal agents besiege Texas Branch Davidian religious group after six are killed in raid – fire kills 72, five arrested in bombing of World Trade Center, two police officers convicted in LA on Rodney King beating, Ruth Bader Ginsburg appointed to Supreme Court, US House of Representatives approve NAFTA, Clinton signs Brady bill regulating firearms purchases, Toni Morrison wins Nobel Prize for Literature, Michael Jackson first accusef of molestation, River Phoenix dies of drug overdose, Digital media hits “realtime” status of 24 frames per second, Mosiac developed as web browser, according to the WHO tuberculosis threatens to kill 30 million by 2003, FDA approves synthetic hormone BST to increase milk production in dairy cows, forst humans cloned up to 32-cell stage, deaths Don Ameche, English writer Anthony Burgess, Italian director Federico Fellini, tennis great Arthur Ashe, Dizzy Gillespie, William Golding, Audrey Hepburn, Cezar Chavez, “Shindler’s List” “Unforgiven” “The Piano” “Philadelphia”, Popular Songs: artists include Haddaway, K7, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, Rod Stewart, “Tears in Heaven” bu Eric Clapton, Television:, Death of actress Audrey Hepburn 64, death of silent film star Lillian Gish age 99, death of Frank Zappa (almost) 53, 3.5 bya fossils discovered in Australia, Oviraptor shown to sit on nests, Waco Siege, Spanish triple combination created, Joseph Smith Memorial Building dedicated, Church officially registered in Mexico, Elementary school music teacher in Colorado Springs banned from teaching Christmas Carols
1994 Northridge, Los Angeles CA quake kills 60, Drought at horn of AFR, African National Congress wins multiracial elections in S Africa, Genocide in Rwanda after Hutus assassinate president and 750,000 Tutsis, Drought and fire in Australia * President Monson attends Nixon’s funeral in California, Jan - Northridge earthquake in CA, Feb - Icestorm damages timber and pecans in MS, Palm Sunday tornado outbreak in GA, Aug - VA worst tornadoes, "Beauty and the Beast" marks the beginning of corporate musicals on Broadway, Shoemaker-Levy comet crashes into Jupiter, 30,000 year old paintings discovered in France, Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa, Rwandan president Imana? Dies starting civil war and Genocide in Rwanda – about a million massacred and 1/4 of population dies or becomes refugees, quake in Bolivia, East Asia heat wave kills over 1000 in China Japan and S Korea, quake in Bolivia, East Asia heat wave kills over 1000 in China Japan and S Korea, Belgian preacher Luc Jouret leads 50 followers to deaths in CAN and SWI, genetic engineering of food, Gap opens the Old Navy stores, death of French-Russian dramatist Eugene Ionesco, death of Richard Nixon, death of English dramatist John Osborne, Serbs heavy weapons pound Sarajevo, Rwandan massacre, South Africa holds first interracial national election – Nelson Mandela elected, Israel signs accord with Palestiniand and peace treaty with Jordan, IRA declares cease-fire in N Ireland and Ulster Protestants return cease-fire, Aristide return to Haiti and forms government, US sends forces to Persian Gulf, Russians attack secessionist Republic of Chechnya, Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan attacked by Tonya Harding and company, CIA official Aldrich Ames charged with spying, Four convicted in World Trade Center bombing, Clinton accused of sexual harassment while Governor of Arkansas, OJ Simpson arrested in killings of wife and her friend, US Supreme Court approves limit on abortion protests, Senate confirms Breyer for Supreme Court, Major league baseball strike – no world series, slow-speed chase of OJ Simpson in LA, Woodstock ’94 includes Greed Day Nine Inch Nails Bob Dylan and the Allman Brothers, Super-size bookstores beat out local stores, White house launches web page, first use of Internet spam, US cloned calves from embryos, FDA approves Flavr Savr tomato as genetically engineered food product, deaths: Kurt Kobain age 27, Richard M Nixon, Cab Calloway US musician, US actor Burt Lancaster, John Candy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Tip O’Neill, Jessica Tandy actress, “Forrest Gump” “Schindler’s List” “Pulp Fiction” “The Shawshank Redemption” “Quiz Show”, Popular Songs: artists include Sheryl Crow, Boys II Men, Gloria Estefan, Reel 2 Real, John Michael Montgomery “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston, “A While New World” from Aladdin, Television: ER and Friends debut, Death of English dramatist John Osborne 65, aquatic ape hypothesis supported by Morgan, Chauvet cave in France shows 32,000 year old paintings, President Hunter sustained, 2000th stake created, “Carry a temple recommend, even if…”
1995 Kobe Japan earthquake kills 5500+, Popocatepetl begins erupting (MEX), Eruption and mudflow at Nevado del Ruiz, Earthquake and tsunami in south Peru, Itzhak Rabin of Israel assassinated, eruption of Mount Sakurajima in Japan, Cholera outbreak in Peru, earthquake in Russia * Church leaders meet with Clinton announcing proclamation to the world, genealogy given – Monica Lewinsky starts work at the White House same day and two days later the relationship began, May - 136 mph winds over IN, May - F4 tornado in Ethridge, TN, Jun - Busiest tornado season since 1933 begins, Sep- Denver snowstorm kills millions of trees, Oklahoma City Federal building bombed, Israeli prime minister assassinated, Chicago heat wave of 1995 kills 739, End of Pentagon’s “Star Gate” project involving psychic research, Kazakhstan blizzard kills 112, Million Man March led by Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan gathers half million, O.J. Simpson acquitted, Greatful Dead break up, Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson retires, Nike withdraws billboard with the name “Allah” due to Islamic pressure, Aum Shinrikyo sect releases sarin gas into Tokyo subway, Ireland votes to legalizes divorce and remarriage, England adopts metric system, Ford recycles phone and computer housings into grilles of trucks, 300k old painting discovered in France, Carsonite creates highway noise barrier made of scrap tires, Irish Heaney wins Nobel Prize (Lit), Maurizio Gucci shot in Milan and Paolo Gucci dies, IBM drops dress code in favor of casual attire, death of English poet Stephen Spender, death of British statesman Harold Wilson, death of English author Kingsley Amis, US rescues Mexican economy with $20 billion in aid, Russian space station MIR hosts Americans when US shuttle docks with station, Nerve gas attack in Tokyo subway kills eight with sarin gas, death toll in Rwanda reaches 2,000, Fighting escalates in Bosnia and Croatia – warring parties agree on cease-fire, France explodes nuclear device in Pacific amid protests, Israelis and Palistiniand agree on transferring West Bank to Arabs 0 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin slain by Jewish extremist, terrorist bomb blows up Oklahoma City federal building and Timothy McVeigh arrested as suspect, Millian Man March draws hundreds of thousands of black men to capital, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland, death of Jerry Garcia, Metropolitan Opera installs screens on audience seats, Steve Fossettt makes first solo transpacific balloon flight, first cloned sheep from embryo cells, Deaths: Howard Cosell, Jerry Garcia, Rose Kennedy Howard Koch US screenwriter, Mickey Mantle, Ginger Rogers, US author Terry Southern, recording artist Selena Quintanilla,

Book – “Independence Day”

Movie: “Braveheart” “Forrest Gump” “Babe” “Leaving Las Vegas”

Popular Songs: artists include Rednex (Cotton Eue Joe), Mariah Carey, Boys II Men, Rembrandts, Max-A-Million, Backstreet Boys, Cheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” “Streets of Philadelphia” by Bruce Springsteen,


Television:

Oklahoma City bombing, Bountiful temple dedicated, President Hinckley sustained, Proclamation in the Family, New Church logo created

1996 Volcano and flood in Iceland, tornado in Bangladesh * Prayer breakfast chaired by Senator Bennett and Ariel Bybee (LDS member of Metropolitan Opera) sings, earthquake in AK, Dec - Cold temperatures cause ice to form on Venice's canals, Dec - 4 feet of snow buries Victoria, British Columbia, May - Heatburst in Ok sends midnight temps above 100 degrees, Oct - 19.19 inches of rain falls in ME, Dec - record cold in Miami, "Rent" released on Broadway, America dances to the "Macarena", Planet discovered on nearby star, British beef banned, Churches burned in US, Talibanis conquer Afghanistan, California passes proposition 209, outlawing affirmative action, Eric Schulman publishes “History of the Universe in 200 words or less”, Democrats and Republicans vote to ban Ross Perot from debating with Clinton and Dole, Civil War in Rwanda, consensus about global warming, Max Factor dies and his Hollywood museum closes, Polish model Agnieszka Kotlarska killed by thief at home, death of Austrian composer Gottfried von Einem, Viagra patented, Chechens capture 2000 Russians – peace treaty signed, France agrees to end nuclear testing, Britain alarmed by outbreak of “mad cow” disease, UN tribunal charges war crimes by Bosnian Muslims and Croats, South Africa gets new constitution, Israel electe Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister, Iraqis strike at Kurds and US attacks Iraq’s southern air defenses, Taliban leaders seize Afghan capital of Kabul, Ethnic violence in Caire’s refugee camps, US budget crisis, Clinton approves resumption of many government operations, Clinton signs line-item beto bill, president blocks ban on late-term abortions, Valujet crashes in Everglades, 747 airliner crashes in Atlantic off Long Island, Congress passes welfare reform bill, Clinton appoints Madeline Albright as first female US secretary of state, Fiction – Independence Day, Drama – Rent, President Clinton deregulates telecommunications, death of Ella Fitzgerald, HDTV standard agreed upon, Tupac Shakur shot and dies, Book: “Angela’s Ashes”, Internet use reaches 45 million worldwide, Global warming record supposedly set, Scientists analyze Martian meteorite, First cloning of mammal from adult sells – Dolly the sheep, deaths of Ella Fitzgerald, Spiro Agnew, George Burns, Gene Kelly, Carl Sagan, US writer and counterculturalist Timothy Leary, Italian actor Marcello Mastriuanni

Movie: “The English Patient” “Braveheart” “Fargo” “Jerry Maguire” “The People vs. Larry Flynt”



Popular Songs: artists include re-release of Grease, Los Del Rio (Macarena), Ricky Martin, Celine Dion, 2Pac “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal “Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis Morissette,
Television: television deregulation with the stipulation that three hours a week are educational, Kennewick Man from 7500 BC shows complicated early population of Americas, Molecular clock estimates show metazoans at 1bya, Feathered dinosaur Sinosauropteryx prima discovered, More than halfo of Church members outside of US. President Hinckley on 60 minutes, Hong Kong temple dedicated, President Hinckley visits China, Cambodia and Vietnam dedicated, Ruins of Lighthouse of Alexandria found, 1- uear old in Omaha prohibited from reading Bible silently during free time, New Jersey judge rules juries would not be sworn in on the Bible
1997 End of 2 years of eruptions for MEX Popocatepetl, Mobutu deposed in Zaire after 32 year rule, Jenny Shipley becomes Prime Minister of New Zealand, Hong Kong returned to China, tornado in Jarrell Texas, Major storm in Denver CO, Hurricane in Mexico, Volcano in lesser Antilles, Locusts in Mauritania NW AFR, flood in Somalia, flood in Eritrea AFR, Earthquakes in Italy and India, Flood in Spain, Flood in Poland, Cyclone in Bangladesh, Typhoon in S Vietnam, “Bird Flu” in Hong Kong, flood in India, Fire in Australia, Drought and freeze in New Guinea, landslide and avalanche in Australia * Bush 41 writes to Elder Maxwell regarding his leukemia, Bush 43 signs proclamation of National Family Week, Ice causes crash of Comair Flight 3272 in Ida, Michigan, Ice storm hits Texas and Louisiana (baby boom 9 months later), Mar - Waters rise in Louisville, KY and all floodgates have to be shut along Ohio River, Dec - Snow falls on Guadalajara, MEX for the first time since 1881, "The Lion King" and "The Scarlet Pimpernel" released on Broadway, Antimatter fountain found at core of Milky Way, Kyoto Protocol convention, Dolly the sheep cloned, Socialists control Britain and France, Oreo certified kosher, Scottish scientists clone Dolly sheep, Sojourner sends pictures to Earth from Mars, British return Hong Kong to China, international space station founded, "Dolly" the sheep cloned, Gianni Versache shot by Andrew Philip Cunanan (who was found dead 8 days later) – Memorial mass includes Princess Di and Elton John, death of Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, Hebron agreement signed 0 Israel gives up part of West Bank city of Hebron, UK US and France agree to freeze Nazis’ gold loot, Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule, Khmer Rouge holds trial of leader Pol Pot, Swiss plan first payment to Holocaust victims, European Union plans to admit six nations, US shuttle joins Russian space station, OJ Simpson found liable in civil suit, Heaven’s Gate cult memberbers commit mass suicide in CA, US Appeals Court upholds CA ban on affirmative action, Clinton exercises new line-item veto, Timothy McVeigh sentenced to death for bombing, Two convicted in NY Trade Center bombing, Jazz loses in NBA finals, Television ratings system debuts, Ellen DeGeneres becomes first openly gay woman to have her own TV show, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone published in the UK – next year in US, boy born to Michael Jackson, Hale Bopp comet, US spacecraft begins exploration of Mars, US company launches first commercial spy satellite, death of Jaxques Cousteau, Deng Xiaoping, John Denver, Princess Diana, Allen ginsberg, Mother Theresa, Jimmy Stewart, Gianni Versache, William S Burroughs US writer, US author James A Michener, cancer researcher Dr. Charles B Huggins,

Movie: ”Titanic” “The English Patient” “As Good as it Gets” “The Full Monty” “Good Will Hunting” “L.A. Confidential”



Popular Songs: artists include Awua (Barbie Girl), “Jock Jams”, Spice Girls Chumbawumba, Savage Garden, “Change the World” by Eric Clapton, Celine DIon album “Falling Into You”,
Television: ratings appear on television shows, Area Authority 70s created, pioneer sesquicentennial, small temples announced, Church reaches 10 million

1998 Hurricane in Honduras and Nicaragua, fire in the Amazon, Good Friday Peace Agreement in N Ireland, Good Friday Agreement aims at peace in N Ireland, Ice storm in Montreal CAN, Sanford FL tornadoes, Flooding in Peru, flood in Kenya, earthquake in Afghanistan, Earthquake in China, Flood in Australia, tsunami in Papua New Guinea, flood in Bangladesh * Bush 43 and Mike Leavitt tour Israel together, Mar - Gainesville GA deadly tornado, Jun - Temp at Barrow, AK reaches 51 degrees, Jun - Tornado strikes nuclear plant in OH with minimal damage, Jul - Wildfires near Daytona, FL, cancel NASCAR race, Freak cold current kills fish in Gulf of Mexico as canyon water upwells in Jul, Google founded, Hurricane Mitch kills 9000, India and Pakistan perform nuclear tests, Peace in N Ireland, Clinton impeached, Quake in New Guinea + tsunami, India heat wave kills over 2500, HIV/AIDS shown more prominent among African-Americans, Michael Jordan leads Bulls to sixth NBA Championship, Restoration of Great Sphinx of Giza completed, genome of C. elegans sequenced, Pfizer introduces Viagra, Yogi Totsuka determines nutrinos have mass, Microsoft sued for stifling innovation, Allen Burgess comes up with Y2K bug breakthrough, Clinton impeached, Clinton bombs aspirin plant in Sudan, India and Pakistan test nukes, death of English composer Michael Tippett, Mars Orbiter burns in atmosphere when employee mixes up metric and standard measurements, Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha dies from heart attack caused by ingestion of large quantities of Viagra, 1998 death of Eldridge Cleaver (1968 published Soul ON Ice), Viagra on the market as solution for some types of male impotence, Serbs battle Albanians in Kosovo – NATO on verge of air strikes – settlement with ruler Milosevic, Good Friday Accord for peace in Northern Ireland, Europeans agree on single currency, India conducts atomic tests- Pakistan stages nuclear tests in response, Indonedian dictator Suharto steps down, Iraq ends cooperation with UN arms inspectors – Clinton orders air strikes, US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed – US cruise missiles hit bases in Sudan and Afghanistan, Russia fights to avert financial collapse, Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet arrested in London, Wye Mills Agreement between Netanyahu and Arafat moves Middle East peacet talks forward, White House sex scandal with intern Monica Lewinsky, President outlines first balanced budget in 30 years, Unabomber sentenced to four life terms, Life sentence for Terry Nichols aldo convicted in Oklahoma City Bombing, Starr Report outlines case for impeaching president for perjury etc. gay Wyoming student Matthew Shepard beaten to death in hate crime – two arrested, Clinton impeached, Utah beaten by Chicago in NBA final, last episode of Seinfeld, deaths: Frank Sinatra, books: “The Hours” “Charming Billy” The Athena probe finds frozen water on the moon, FDA approves Viagra, Astronomers detect giant explosion in space, Dow Corning agrees on settlement for silicon breast implants, John Glenn boards space shuttle Discovery age 77, crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour connects first two modules of international space station, Deaths: Gene Autry, Sonny Bono, Florence Griffith Joyner, Akira Kurosawa, Octavio Paz Mexican writer, Junior Wells blues vocalist,

Movie:”Shakespeare in Love” “Titanic” “American History X” “WLizabeth” “There’s Something about Mary”



Popular Songs: artists include Aerosmith, Backstreet Boys, Brian Setzer Orchestra, N*Sync, Ricky Martin, “Sunny Came Home” Shawn Colvin, “album “Time Out of Mind” by Bob Dylan,
Television: end of Seinfeld, ER is top rated show, Temperature changes in late Precambrian suggested as spur for evolution, Monticello UT Temple dedicated, President Hinckley tours Africa
1999 Jan - Avalanche kills 9 Eskimos in AK, Jan - 22 inches of snow falls in Chicago, with drifts up to 8 feet, May - F5 tornado hits Oklahoma City, Jun - record chill across Great Plains, Record season for snowfall in WA, Jul - JFK Jr. crashes plane, Aug- Downdraft kills hot air balloonists in Phoenix, AZ, Dec - Hurricane-force winds ruin boat race in Australia, Earthquake in Turkey, Russian Yeltsin resigns, succeeded by Putin, NATO airstrikes in Kosovo, Bush 43 stops by SLC on campaign tour, Quakes over 6.0 in Colombia, Turkey killing 17k, Taiwan, CA, Vargas Venezuela mudslide (deadliest) kills over 20,000, Humanist Manifesto 2000 published, nude calendar of Rylstone Women’s Institute, first annual BattleBots competition held in CA, Human genome Project completed, Levi Strauss closes half of US plants, Wall Street Journal covers thong as fashion statement, Gucci purchases Yves St. Laurent, death of American violinist Yehudi Menuhin, death of English explorer Sir Vivian Fuchs, Kargil War – Pakistani invasion of India Kashmir region results in massacre of the Pakistani intruders, Movie: American Beauty, Russian president Boris Yeltsin survives impeachment hearings and takes military action against separatists in Dagestan and Chechnya, Nelson Mandela steps down in South Africa and Thabo Mbeki takes over, war in Kosovo after Slobodan Milosevic massacres and deports Albanians – NATO begins Operation Allied Force launching airstrikes against Belgrade, 7.4 earthquake kills more than 15,600 in Turkey and leaves 600k homeless, East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia – massacre of East Timorese begins, Pakistani government overthrown during fighting over Kashmir region, Y2K scare, Clinton acquitted, White supremacist John William King sentenced to death for fatal dragging of a black man, Columbine shootings leave total of 15 dead, John F Kennedy Jr. with wife and sister-in-law die in plane accident, Universal and Polygram records merge, George Clooney leaves television’s ER, Revrend Jerry Falwell outs Teletubby Tinky Winky, Woodstock ’99 in Rome results in near disaster, Internet users reach 150 million, Melissa and Chernobyl computer viruses hit large corporations, US doctors perform first hand transplant, Liberty Bell 7 space capsule discovered off Florida coast after 38 years submerged, “Star Wars Episode I -- The Phantom Menace” “American Beauty” “The Sixth Sense” “Shakespeare in Love” “The Blair Witch Project” Deaths: Stanley Kubrick, Gene Siskel, Joe DiMaggio, Raisa Girbachev, King Hassan II of Morocco, King Hussein I of Jordan, George C Scott, Clifton Fadiman US media man,

Popular Songs: artists include Smash Mouth, Shania Twain, Lou Bega (Mambo No.5), Marc Anthony, Santana, “My Heart Will Go On” Celine DIon,


Television: George Clooney leaves ER, Avalanche at Montroc in FRA kills 12, Mormon Youth Chorus and Symphony disbanded to form Temple Square Chorale

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