2002 Annual History Facts Olympic Luck: Steven Bradbury won a gold medal in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics in speed skating, because everyone in front of him crashed. Three races in a row. The Top Song was Lose Yourself by Eminem The Big Movies included Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, […]
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2002 Books & Bestsellers 2002 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Summons by John Grisham 2. Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy 3. Remnant by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim La Haye 4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 5. Prey by Michael Crichton 6. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham 7. The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel 8. Four Blind Mice by James Patterson 9. Everything’s Eventual by Stephen
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2001 Annual History Facts World Changing Event: 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City The Top Song was All For You by Janet Jackson The Big Movies included Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Shrek The price of a postage stamp in 2001 was
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2001 Books & Bestsellers 2001 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Desecration by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim La Haye 2. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham 3. A Painted House by John Grisham 4. Dreamcatcher by Stephen King 5. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, Farrar 6. Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub 7. The Kiss by Danielle Steel 8. Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler 9. A Day Late
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2000 Annual History Facts Sports Scandal: Spain’s Paralympic basketball team was ordered to return their gold medals won in Sydney in 2000 after nearly all of their players were found to have no disability. The Top Song was Independent Woman by Destiny’s Child The Big Movies included How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Cast Away, and
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2000 Books & Bestsellers 2000 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Brethren by John Grisham 2. The Mark by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim La Haye 3. The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy 4. The Indwelling by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim La Haye 5. The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell 6. Journey by Danielle Steel 7. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks 8. Roses Are
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1999 Annual History Facts Hacking: In 1999, hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any Hotmail account using the password ‘eh’. The Top Song was Smooth by Santana with Rob Thomas The Big Movies included Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense and Toy Story
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1999 Books & Bestsellers 1999 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Testament by John Grisham 2. Hannibal by Thomas Harris 3. Assassins by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye 4. Star Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks 5. Timeline by Michael Crichton 6. Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King 7. Apollyon by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye 8. The Girl Who Loved Tom
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1998 Annual History Facts The Internet: One of the first recognized instances of Internet democracy was seen when Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a regular on Howard Stern, was voted #1 as a write-in for People’s “50 Most Beautiful People.” He beat out Leonardo Dicaprio by over 215,000 votes. The Top Song was Iris by
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1998 Books & Bestsellers 1998 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Street Lawyer by John Grisham 2. Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy 3. Bag of Bones by Stephen King 4. A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe 5. Mirror Image by Danielle Steel 6. The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel 7. The Klone and I by Danielle Steel 8. Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell 9. Paradise by Toni
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