In 1999: The euro was established; US President Bill Clinton was acquitted in impeachment proceedings; Nunavut became Canada’s third territory; Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School; Napster debuted; The US Women’s team defeated China to win the Women’s World Cup; Kiribati, Nauru, and Tonga joined the… Continue reading Everything that follows is older than Willow Smith: A look back at 1999
Category: Retrospective
A detailed look at my top ten films for a given year
Reflections on 3175, Year of Our Lady of Discord: A Look back at 2009
In 2009: Chesley Sullenberger landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River; Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America; MLB Network launched; ER aired its final episode; John Madden retired from sportscasting; The Yankees won their 27th World Series; Conan O’Brien debuted as host of The… Continue reading Reflections on 3175, Year of Our Lady of Discord: A Look back at 2009
Yearbooks and daily planners were important factors in a Supreme Court nomination: A look back at 2018
In 2018: The XXIII Olympic Winter Games were held in Pyeongchang, South Korea; Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School; The last northern white rhinoceros died; Prince Harry wed Meghan Markle; France won the 21st World Cup in Russia; Apple Inc, became the first public company to achieve a market capitalization… Continue reading Yearbooks and daily planners were important factors in a Supreme Court nomination: A look back at 2018
Everything that follows is older than Carl Grimes: A look back at 1998
In 1998, The Drudge Report broke the story about Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky; The Unabomber pled guilty; The Winter Olympics took place in Nagano, Japan; Titanic became the first film to gross over a billion dollars; France won the World Cup; Google was founded; Iranian President Mohammad Khatami retracted the fatwa against Salman… Continue reading Everything that follows is older than Carl Grimes: A look back at 1998
“You ain’t heard nothin’ yet”: A look back at 1929
In 1929: Mother Theresa arrived in India; Popeye debuted; Erich Maria Remarque published All Quiet on the Western Front; The Lateran Treaty established Vatican City as an independent sovereign nation; Five gangsters were murdered in the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre; Herbert Hoover became the thirty-first President of the United States; Wings won the award for… Continue reading “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet”: A look back at 1929
Introducing the DeLorean: A look back at 1981
In 1981, Palau became an independent nation; The Iranian hostage crisis ended; Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen tied in the inaugural London Marathon; Bobby Sands began a fatal hunger strike; Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr,; Sandra Day O’Connor became the first female Justice of the Supreme Court; Donkey Kong was released; Ric… Continue reading Introducing the DeLorean: A look back at 1981
Little Donnie Trump turned two: A look back at 1948
In 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated; The Kinsey Report was released; Sri Lanka and Israel became independent nations; NASCAR was founded; The US Supreme Court ruled religious instruction in public schools was unconstitutional; ABC began broadcasting; William Shockley filed a patent for the first transistor; Alger Hiss was accused of being a Communist spy; Harry… Continue reading Little Donnie Trump turned two: A look back at 1948
When American turned 203: A look back at 1979
In 1979: The Dukes of Hazzard debuted on CBS and ESPN launched; Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fled Iran; Michigan State defeated Indiana State in the NCAA Championship game; The nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island suffered a meltdown; Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Micronesia and Kiribati became independent nations; McDonald’s introduced… Continue reading When American turned 203: A look back at 1979
Seven years before the first NBA game: A look back at 1939
In 1939, Lou Gehrig’s streak of 2130 consecutive games played ended; The University of Oregon won the first NCAA college basketball tournament; Francisco Franco came to power in Spain; Billie Holliday recorded “Strange Fruit;” Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27; Teddy Roosevelt’s head on Mount Rushmore was dedicated; Germany invaded Poland; President Franklin Roosevelt laid… Continue reading Seven years before the first NBA game: A look back at 1939
The year of the great video game crash: A look back 1983
The Disney Channel began broadcasting; Sally Ride became the first American woman in space; Dragon’s Lair was released in arcades; The Famicom (known in the United States as the Nintendo Entertainment System) was released; Vanessa Williams became the first African-American Miss America; Brunei and Saint Kitts and Nevis became independent states; Microsoft Word was released;… Continue reading The year of the great video game crash: A look back 1983