Crystal PepsiThe Year 1996
A bomb explodes at the Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. One person is killed, but no one is ever charged in the crime.
Also in the US, "The Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested. Kaczynski killed three people and injured many more with mail bombs.
The Year 1997
Dolly the cloned sheep is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. She is the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
The movie Titanic, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, is released. It goes on to become the highest grossing movie of all time.
The Year 1998
Geri Halliwell (AKA Ginger Spice) leaves the Spice Girls to become Solo Spice.
The Price it Right airs its 5,000th episode.
The Year 1999
Two students go on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Colorado. They kill 13 people and then themselves.
While the world parties like it's 1999 (if you read that and thought, "Huh?" ask your 'rents about a dude named Prince), computer geeks freak out about the "Y2K Bug." It turns out that the world didn't end. Go figure.
Music Hits of the 1990s
U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
I Want You Back - *NSYNC
Getting Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
This is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
End of the Road - Boyz II Men
Crossroads - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Informer - Snow
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