1992 Annual History Facts Politics: The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the US Constitution prevents members of Congress from granting themselves pay raises during the current session. The amendment was originally proposed by James Madison in 1789. The Top Song was I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston The Big Movies included Aladdin, Home Alone 2: […]
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1992 Books & Bestsellers 1992 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King 2. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham 3. Gerald’s Game by Stephen King 4. Mixed Blessings by Danielle Steel 5. Jewels by Danielle Steel 6. The Stars Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon 7. Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice 8. Mexico by James A. Michener 9. Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan 10. All
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1991 Annual History Facts Politics: The USSR dissolved, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, and Boris Yeltsin took leadership in Russia. The Top Song was (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams The Big Movies included Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Beauty and the Beast The Silence of the
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1991 Books & Bestsellers 1991 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind” by Alexandra Ripley 2. The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy 3. Needful Things by Stephen King 4. No Greater Love by Danielle Steel 5. Heartbeat by Danielle Steel 6. The Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon 7. The Firm by John Grisham 8. Night over Water by
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1990 Annual History Facts Politics: The Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. The Top Song was Because I Love You (The Postman Song) by Stevie B The Big Movies included Home Alone, Ghost, and Dances with Wolves Price of a loaf of bread in 1990: 70 cents
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1990 Books & Bestsellers 1990 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel 2. Four Past Midnight by Stephen King 3. The Burden of Proof by Scott Turow 4. Memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon 5. Message from Nam by Danielle Steel 6. The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum 7. The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition by Stephen King
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1989 Annual History Facts Science: Sir Tim Berners-Lee created “hypertext markup language” (HTML) to make Web pages and the “Uniform Resource Locator” (URL) to identify where information is stored. It is the basis for our WWW. The Top Song was Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins The Big Movies included Batman, Indiana Jones and
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1989 Books & Bestsellers 1989 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy 2. The Dark Half by Stephen King 3. Daddy by Danielle Steel 4. Star by Danielle Steel 5. Caribbean by James A. Michener 6. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 7. The Russia House by John Le Carré 8. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 9. California Gold by John Jakes
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1988 Annual History Facts Politics: Rome and Carthage officially signed a peace treaty to end the 3rd Punic War. In 1985… Hostilities ended in 146 BC. The Top Song was Roll With It by Steve Winwood The Big Movies included Rain Man, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Coming To America Price of a postage stamp
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1988 Books & Bestsellers 1988 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy 2. The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon 3. Zoya by Danielle Steel 4. The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum 5. Alaska by James A. Michener 6. Till We Meet Again by Judith Krantz 7. The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice 8. To Be the Best by Barbara
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