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Yahoo! is founded in Saint Clara, California. Yahoo actually stands for "Yet Another Hierarchial Officious Oracle," which at the time made sense, as the internet was a new deal.
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Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio wins best song of 1995. Not entirely sure why, or how, but it happened.
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Toy Story was the highest grossing film for the year of 1995, and it was also the most memorable.
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Independence Day is the highest grossing film of 1996, with a plot consisting of an alien invasion. Starring Will Smith, it was released around the Independence Day of the United States, which was probably on purpose.
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The Macarena by Los Del Río ends up being at the top of the Billboard 100 for some time. I can understand why, as this song is still played and danced to (frequently) in the year 2014.
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Just in case you haven't heard of it enough already, the OJ Simpson trial began in 1996. It's been awhile, but it never seems to get old.
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President Bill Clinton is re-elected for his second term in office. Another four years!
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Candle in the Wind by Elton John is the top song of 1997.
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Titanic wins the highest grossing film of 1997. That is pretty obvious, as it was the most heart-wrenching storyline I've probably ever witnessed in a film.
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Too Close by the R&B group known as Next is released, and climbs its way to the top of the charts during 1998.
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The first drug is approved to help cure erectile dysfunction by the FDA in the United States. This is actually pretty significant.
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Armageddon is the highest grossing of 1998. Starring Bruce Willis and some others, it is essentially about exactly what you think: the end of the world.
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The Euro was established, to the happiness of most European nations.
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Believe by Cher is the top song of 1999. Haven't heard a Cher song on the radio fro quite a while!
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Star Wars: The Phantom Menance was the highest grossing film of 1999. It spawned a cultural revolution that has not been matched until the birth of Harry Potter.
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Putin is elected President of Russia. Anything involving Russia and power is of interest to our national security.
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Mission: Impossible II is the highest grossing film of the year 2000.
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Breathe by Faith Hill is on top of the charts in 2000.
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Top song in 2001!
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This day will forever be marked in the history of the United States.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the highest grossing film in the year 2001. Totally is not a surprise.
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We invade Afghanistan, and in Eastern parts of the country Operation Anaconda takes place.
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Nickelback gets a chart-topper. I am glad this trend didn't continue, and Nickelback has been made into more jokes than they have made songs.
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The Two Towers rakes in the most cash at the box office for this year.
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50 Cent manages to get his fifty cent's worth with the song In da Club, which hit tops in 2003.
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Dewey, the first cloned deer, is born at Texas A&M University.
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Lord of the Rings strikes again!
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Usher probably said "Yeah!" a lot after he hit top. As if he didn't say it enough already.
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The big ogre got a little too green in the year 2004, ranking at the top.
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Everyone's favorite dictatorship gets a little bit grosser when they decide to ban cell phones for the general public. How annoying.
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Mariah gets it good in the year of '05.
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This nasty hurricane decides to rumble along the Gulf of the US and cause disasters that are still being picked up.
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Goblet gets the gold in the year 2005, ranking top at the box office.
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CUZ YOU HAD A BAD DAY...
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The Human Genome Project publishes its last and final chromosome sequence in the magazine Nature.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is the highest grosser film of this year.
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It happened, and it was very sad indeed.
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The Pirates strike again with another top grosser in the year 2007.
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Beyonce gets the best song for 2007.
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Castro resigns as the President of Cuba.
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Batman defends Gotham City while also making a nice blockbuster film.
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Shawty got them apple bottom jeans (jeans) boots with the fur (WITH THE FUR) da whole club looking at herrr.
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This song is so dumb. No offense if it's your cup of tea, but I'm not sure why society liked this one so much.
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The World Health Organization begins to express concerns over the spread of H1N1 to the US from regions of Mexico.
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Avatar came out in 2009?! I'm getting so old! I thought it came out like two years ago...
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A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti, and kills 316,000 people.
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The final Toy Story wins the hearts and minds of an entire world!
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And so the Ke$ha fad begins, with party-esque beats and glitter galore.
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Using an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells! Neat!
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The final magical movie grosses high in the year 2011.
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WE COULD OF HAVE IT ALLLLLL ROLLING IN THE DEEEEEEP....
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The Avengers win the title for highest grossing film in 2012.
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CERN announces the discovery of a particle similar to the one described as the Higgs-Boson, through the use of the large particle collider.
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Dat Marimba, tho...
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Macklemore strikes up the catchiest tune of the year, and happens to inspire many PHS teenagers to hit up Goodwill every Thursday night.
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Iron Man gets some in the year 2013, raking in the title of highest gorssing film, and raking in the cash.
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Snowden discloses mass surveillance information to the general public. He gets in trouble.
