This thread is for talking about whatever was 10 years ago, or about 10 years ago, as of the post. I want this thread to last until the end of 2009.

I'll start - where were you when Princess Diana died? I was at my cousin's wedding.

I'll start - where were you when Princess Diana died? I was at my cousin's wedding.

I was at home, listening to 80s music on the radio.

1997...wow, sometimes it seems like ages ago, and sometimes it seems like just yesterday. This was the year that my grandpap died...right around the 4th of July (actually on the 5th).  I was 20 years old, and in love with a boy from Slovenia. We had been penpals for years, and he was coming over to the US to visit me for 2 weeks....I was so nervous and excited that year.  I was working as an assistant manager that year, at a book/gift store, and I still lived at home. I wish I could go back to that year.

i'd taken all my courses for grad school and was fighting for my degree, i dated a girl named margaret for a couple months, i had joined a jazzy rock bar band a few months before and i was struggling to feel comfortable on stage and playing out for the first time, and i'd just started doing desktop publishing. which i'm doing now, ten years later.

Started high school that year in september.

Enjoyed my last days of primary school as well, sitting my SATS back in England about this time.

I was in my Sophmore year of H.S. Princess Diana's death happened on my Dad's birthday and I remember watching the news about it and then watching the funeral a few days later (or maybe it was a week later - can't be for certain). Watching Elton John's performance was very touching.

I don't remember that happening at all.  but ten years ago?
I was living in Japan.  I can't believe it was that long ago.

I graduated and transferred from 2 year college to 4 year university that year.  I graduated w/ so many credits I was Junior level in credits at the University so I was able to go right into courses for my major.
I think that year our car got torched (for the second time) and we decided it was time to move.

MTV started becoming a cesspool it is now  :P

Deborah Gibson releases her "Deborah" album, though didn't know about it about a few years later.

"South Park" debuts

Working at a hobby store and watching MST3K on Saturday nights.

1997...i arrived in NYC with one suitcase and a 100 dollar bill,ready to live the american dream,good and bad memories,i was so young and naïve,i miss those times :(

Working at a hobby store and watching MST3K on Saturday nights.
mst3k is king.

mst3k is king.


sure is. wow i didnt' even realise that it was on ten years ago. seems like yesterday.

What I remember from 1997:

The following songs:

Trip Like I Do-The Crystal Method featuring Filter
Show Me Love, Do You Know What It Takes-Robyn
Barrel Of A Gun, Its No Good-Depeche Mode
Men In Black-Will Smith
Return Of The Mack-Mark Morrison
Ohh a Just A Little Bit-Gina G
Your Woman-Whitetown
One Headlight, The Difference-The Wallflowers
Hero-The Foo Fighters
Smack B**** Up-Prodigy
Elegantly Wasted-INXS

Pro Sports:

I remember as a NASCAR fan Jeff Gordon bumping Rusty Wallace out of the lead at the Spring Race(Food City 500) at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennesee and Gordon winning by putting that bump on Rusty's car.

As an NBA fan The Utah Jazz going to the NBA Finals for the first time but losing to the Micheal Jordan led Chicago Bulls in 6 games.

Penn State in College Football beating Texas in the Fiesta Bowl and Ohio State beating Arizona State in the Rose Bowl.

The Green Bay Packers beating the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl in 1997 and Packers Kick returner Desmond Howard being named the Super Bowl MVP for that game.

Music:

The Spice Girls and Hanson being popular.

Personal life:

1996-1997 was my Junior year in High School and I started my senior year pf High School in September of 1997.

Started high school that year in september.

Enjoyed my last days of primary school as well, sitting my SATS back in England about this time.

In September of that year I began my senior year of high school!

Which means my 10 year reunion will be next year already!!! :o

Started 5th grade in the Fall of 97. Remember Spice Girls and Hanson being popular among classmates. Turned 10 in May, Indians made the World Series again (and lost), I attended game 3. This was the year I visited Alaska as well. I remember Princess DI and Mother Teresa dying.

Ten years ago I took my exams for my masters degree and moved house at more or less the same time.  In work I had been told that they were looking to transfer me within the campus but couldn't say when or where.

Indians made the World Series again (and lost), I attended game 3.

Yes, I remember that World Series quite well. It was the first time ever for the Florida Marlins, in only their 5th year of existence. I wish the Indians could've won it 2 years earlier, over the Atlanta Braves. ::)

1997 was a pretty cool year. I was 10 back then, still wishing I could get one of those 'new' 3D video game consoles, still watching Nickelodeon every day, and generally having a good time.

Also I think One Saturday Morning started in the fall of '97. Hard to believe it's been 10 years.

I was in the midst of my second year as a college sophomore. :-) If at first you don't succeed, right?

Things I remember: My sister got married to a guy that lived halfway across the country, I began developing my first real relationship with someone, and I got my first gig in the radio biz. Come to think of it, Princess Diana's death happened on the weekend of my sister's wedding. Definitely a shocker. 

Oddly, it was just about Spring of 1997 that my life started becoming like a primitive version of what it is now. Like I've said on here, my parents and I moved around quite a bit when I was growing up and up till I was 14, but I've lived in San Jose ever since then. I was ending my freshman year of High School and even got my first job that Summer (after school janitorial stuff, but it was a start, lol). I also did alot of the same things, although it's also enough of a change for me to miss how it was back then.

You know what's weird? Even in 2004, if you said "ten years ago", you were referring to a completely different old-school part of the '90s. Now that it means 1997, it feels like a quite dated yet somewhat "samey" era (i.e. the Internet was a household name, and getting close to essential; South Park debuted).

In the summer of 1997 I had summer employment for the second straight year, working at the exact same place as before. Except I was doing different things this time.

1997 was when I was in Pre-K

I can't remember what I was doing this time of year. I was finishing up my Freshman year in H.S. Oh, I remember in June of that year I got a terrible flu. It was so bad, but luckily, with time, I've pretty much forgotten how much it tore me apart.

Ten years ago this month, I was beginning my SENIOR year of high school!

I started my Sophmore year of High School. No big news about that. I remember about this time my brother was hired to work for a hospital as a medical records clerk.

Ten years ago this month, I was beginning my freshman year of high school!


Do you mean Senior year? You are two years older than me. Hmmm....  :-\\

I started second grade in September that year. I still didn't have a social phobia (I got it somewhere in 2001, but I am just starting fighting with it) and used to be more confident. Life was just easier. I hope that the best years of my life are yet to come though and that I'll cope with my social phobia.

September 25th:

1997 - Ultima Online, the first successful MMORPG, developed by Origin Systems, launches.

10 years ago this week, here's what was in the Canadian Top 50 ...

TW | LW | WC | TITLE AND ARTIST

01 | 01 | 06 | Honey - Mariah Carey
02 | 02 | 12 | Where's the Love - Hanson
03 | 03 | 14 | Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
04 | 07 | 04 | Barbie Girl - Aqua
05 | 09 | 22 | Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
06 | 06 | 12 | Men in Black Theme - Will Smith
07 | 08 | 10 | I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy w/ Faith Evans
08 | 05 | 09 | Everybody - Backstreet Boys
09 | 04 | 12 | 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
10 | 12 | 04 | Foolish Games - Jewel
11 | 10 | 12 | Do You Know What it Takes - Robyn
12 | 20 | 02 | Anybody Seen My Baby? - The Rolling Stones
13 | 17 | 04 | Invisible Man - 98 Degrees
14 | 11 | 23 | Bitch - Meredith Brooks
15 | 21 | 08 | Fly - Sugar Ray
16 | 13 | 13 | Third of June - Corey Hart http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
17 | 14 | 21 | The Difference - The Wallflowers
18 | 29 | 02 | Candle in the Wind '97 - Elton John
19 | 15 | 21 | If Only You Could See - Tonic
20 | 24 | 16 | When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) - Great Big Sea http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
21 | 18 | 04 | Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Jon Bon Jovi
22 | 19 | 23 | Change - Sheryl Crow
23 | 22 | 09 | It Could Happen to You - Blue Rodeo http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
24 | 29 | 04 | Takes A Little Time - Amy Grant
25 | 23 | 24 | The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
26 | 40 | 24 | Push - Matchbox 20
27 | 41 | 02 | Got 'Til it's Gone - Janet
28 | 25 | 10 | Good Enough - Dodgy
29 | 16 | 09 | D'You Know What I Mean - Oasis
30 | 49 | 02 | On My Own - Peach Union
31 | 47 | 03 | The Sound of - Jann Arden http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
32 | 43 | 02 | 4 Seasons of Loneliness - Boyz II Men
33 | 35 | 06 | Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.
34 | 36 | 09 | Break My Stride - Unique II
35 | 33 | 11 | More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
36 | 27 | 18 | All For You - Sister Hazel
37 | 30 | 22 | Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
38 | 31 | 07 | No Tengo Dinero - Los Umbrellos
39 | 32 | 04 | Shed A Light - Roch Voisine http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
40 | 26 | 11 | Around the World - Daft Punk

41 | 44 | 04 | Making Love Out of Nothing At All - M-Appeal http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
42 | 45 | 03 | Lost Highway - Lori Yates http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
43 | 58 | 13 | Drinking in L.A. - Bran Van 3000 http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
44 | 54 | 07 | Congo - Genesis
45 | 38 | 05 | Just to See You Again - Tru Gz http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
46 | 43 | 27 | Your Woman - White Town
47 | 50 | 18 | I Wanna Be There - Blessed Union of Souls
48 | 37 | 13 | Numb - Holly McNarland http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
49 | 46 | 06 | Turn My Head - Live
50 | 42 | 21 | Sitting on Top of the World - Amanda Marshall http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG

10 years ago this week, here's what was in the Canadian Top 50 ...

TW | LW | WC | TITLE AND ARTIST

01 | 01 | 06 | Honey - Mariah Carey
02 | 02 | 12 | Where's the Love - Hanson
03 | 03 | 14 | Building a Mystery - Sarah McLachlan http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
04 | 07 | 04 | Barbie Girl - Aqua
05 | 09 | 22 | Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
06 | 06 | 12 | Men in Black Theme - Will Smith
07 | 08 | 10 | I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy w/ Faith Evans
08 | 05 | 09 | Everybody - Backstreet Boys
09 | 04 | 12 | 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
10 | 12 | 04 | Foolish Games - Jewel
11 | 10 | 12 | Do You Know What it Takes - Robyn
12 | 20 | 02 | Anybody Seen My Baby? - The Rolling Stones
13 | 17 | 04 | Invisible Man - 98 Degrees
14 | 11 | 23 | Bitch - Meredith Brooks
15 | 21 | 08 | Fly - Sugar Ray
16 | 13 | 13 | Third of June - Corey Hart http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
17 | 14 | 21 | The Difference - The Wallflowers
18 | 29 | 02 | Candle in the Wind '97 - Elton John
19 | 15 | 21 | If Only You Could See - Tonic
20 | 24 | 16 | When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) - Great Big Sea http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
21 | 18 | 04 | Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Jon Bon Jovi
22 | 19 | 23 | Change - Sheryl Crow
23 | 22 | 09 | It Could Happen to You - Blue Rodeo http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
24 | 29 | 04 | Takes A Little Time - Amy Grant
25 | 23 | 24 | The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
26 | 40 | 24 | Push - Matchbox 20
27 | 41 | 02 | Got 'Til it's Gone - Janet
28 | 25 | 10 | Good Enough - Dodgy
29 | 16 | 09 | D'You Know What I Mean - Oasis
30 | 49 | 02 | On My Own - Peach Union
31 | 47 | 03 | The Sound of - Jann Arden http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
32 | 43 | 02 | 4 Seasons of Loneliness - Boyz II Men
33 | 35 | 06 | Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.
34 | 36 | 09 | Break My Stride - Unique II
35 | 33 | 11 | More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
36 | 27 | 18 | All For You - Sister Hazel
37 | 30 | 22 | Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
38 | 31 | 07 | No Tengo Dinero - Los Umbrellos
39 | 32 | 04 | Shed A Light - Roch Voisine http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
40 | 26 | 11 | Around the World - Daft Punk

41 | 44 | 04 | Making Love Out of Nothing At All - M-Appeal http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
42 | 45 | 03 | Lost Highway - Lori Yates http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
43 | 58 | 13 | Drinking in L.A. - Bran Van 3000 http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
44 | 54 | 07 | Congo - Genesis
45 | 38 | 05 | Just to See You Again - Tru Gz http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
46 | 43 | 27 | Your Woman - White Town
47 | 50 | 18 | I Wanna Be There - Blessed Union of Souls
48 | 37 | 13 | Numb - Holly McNarland http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG
49 | 46 | 06 | Turn My Head - Live
50 | 42 | 21 | Sitting on Top of the World - Amanda Marshall http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/canada.PNG



When did Elton John enter the Canadian Charts with Candle In The Wind '97?

When did Elton John enter the Canadian Charts with Candle In The Wind '97?


September 8, 1997

September 8, 1997
Set to catch the world by storm.

Set to catch the world by storm.


A storm that dragged on for 3 years :\'(
The charts above (which no longer are in existance) were based on a combination of record company, record store and radio reports across Canada, so Elton's song never hit #1 and only stayed on the charts for a normal amount of weeks

But as a single sold in Canada, it reached #1 on the Singles Sales charts, and hovered the Top 40 for 3 years

Do you mean Junior year? You are two years older than me. Hmmm....  :-\\

No. I started my senior year in September of 1997, and finished it in June of 1998.


Besides, you just got through saying you began your Sophomore year, which is two years behind the Senior Year.

Meh.  My day job was starting to suck; was working 60 hours/7 days a week, getting sick all the time, and my relationship with my then-girlfriend (which became my wife and now ex-wife :P ) was being strained because of all the work.  I quit that job in February '98.  I had a nice apartment, my truck was still fairly new and I was DJing at a nightclub when I wasn't too sick to work; that's about all that was good that year. :P

No. I started my senior year in September of 1997, and finished it in June of 1998.


Besides, you just got through saying you began your Sophomore year, which is two years behind the Senior Year.


Well, it was because you said you started your Freshman year of High School this month, ten years ago. It didn't make sense. Recheck your original post - I swear I'm not going crazy  :D

Well, it was because you said you started your Freshman year of High School this month, ten years ago. It didn't make sense. Recheck your original post - I swear I'm not going crazy  :D



I meant to say Senior Year. I will go and edit my post.

September 27th:

1997 - Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.

September 28th...on this date 10 years ago, my family and I did the AIDS WALK for the second time. The course is 10 km (6.2 miles) long. This time, the weather was way too hot. :P

I meant to say Senior Year. I will go and edit my post.


No Problem, I guess that's why I was confused...  ;)

No Problem, I guess that's why I was confused...  ;)


Yes...I think it was a freudian slip. Either that or I must've been way too excited as I made my post. ;D

Yes...I think it was a freudian slip. Either that or I must've been way too excited as I made my post. ;D


Yes, I screwed up anyway, saying you were suppose to be starting your Junior year, too,  ;D Hey, we're only human  :D

Yes, I screwed up anyway, saying you were supposed to be starting your Junior year, too,  ;D Hey, we're only human  :D


Yes, I was in my junior year during the first half of 1997.

Yes, I was in my junior year during the first half of 1997.


Yeah, that was my boo boo  8) Looks like we got it all straightened out now  :)

Yeah, that was my boo boo  8) Looks like we got it all straightened out now  :)

Yes we did. I had a pretty interesting life back then. :)

Yes we did. I had a pretty interesting life back then. :)


Yeah, I wish I could say the same about mine,  ;D I was just doing a lot of schoolwork and I was drawing more and more. I was sorta a recluse at this time in my life.

October 4th 1997

The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million in cash which had been taken.

October 5th 1997

Death of Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)

October 5th 1997

YUM! Brands, Inc. is founded (then as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.) when Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell spin-off from PepsiCo.

October 12th 1997

Today ten years saw the sad death of John Denver, American singer (b. 1943)

Let's see I was early in my 5th grade year, I remember we all signed this thing "Class of 2001"...8th grade class, of course, and put it on the class window. 2001 seemed a while off then, let alone 2008! I still remember my desk and the people that sat next to me. The kids that are in 5th grade now were just being born at that time! I attended game 3 of the World Series, a few weeks from this time 10 years ago, probably the most memorable happening from this time in 1997.

October 14th 1997

Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS

October 14th 1997

Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS

which I was proud of 8)


That date was a Tuesday...which I remember very well. I was a senior in high school; my senior class went on a class picnic to Magic Mountain in Valencia; I hung around with some of my friends and went on rides that I had not previously gone on...and had a good time! At first I was scared to go on Colossus (one of the many roller coasters over there), but my friends convinced me that it would be fun. So I decided to think about the opening sequence of the sitcom "Step By Step" (which features Colossus in the first scene, right before the theme music starts)...and it was fun! My friends were planning on going on Batman The Ride after lunch, but I lucked out because I had to leave early (the reason for that being that I had a doctor's appointment scheduled for the afternoon).

October 15th 1997

The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom).

The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.

October 27th 1997 - Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early

October 28th 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains a record 337.17 points to close at 7,498.32.

October 31st 1997 - 19-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward, convicted by a Cambridge, Massachusetts, jury of second-degree murder the day before, is sentenced to life in prison.

October 28th 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains a record 337.17 points to close at 7,498.32.

...erasing much of the damage that had been done the previous day.

I was 21 but since I looked young for my age, my friends and I actually went trick-or-treating. I dressed up as a rocker baby by dying my hair pink while wearing overalls, a bib, and a soother. Afterwards, we went out clubbing and I got quite tipsy. I can't believe that was 10 years ago!

November 6, 1997


"Proposals," opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances
San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year

November 9th 1997 - Bret Hart loses to Shawn Michaels in the Montreal Screwjob.

November 10th 1997 - WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

November 11th 1997:


Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award
WNBA expands to Detroit and Washington D.C.

November 13th 1997:


"Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater New York City
Ken Griffey, Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP

November 16th 1997 - After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.

November 17th 1997 – Sixty-two people were killed by Islamic terrorists outside the Deir el-Bahri, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions, in Luxor.

November 19th 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive. They would go on to become the first set of septuplets to survive infancy, with all seven alive in 2007.

November 19th 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive. They would go on to become the first set of septuplets to survive infancy, with all seven alive in 2007.


I can't believe they're 10 years old now! That feels as if it were yesterday!  :o

I can't believe they're 10 years old now! That feels as if it were yesterday!  :o
Has there been any tv progammes dedicated to them?

Has there been any tv progammes dedicated to them?


Not that I'm aware of. I even looked online and all I could find was a wimpy article on them. Not even any pictures. I'm sure People Magazine will document it somehow. They've been following it ever since it happened.

It's been just about 10 years to the day since the movies Rainmaker (starring Matt Damon) and Anastasia (an animated film) hit theaters. I saw Rainmaker.

I went to a No Way Out Tour.  1997 was a party year for me.  20 years old!!!!!!

10 years have passed since the untimely death of INXS' original frontman, Mike Hutchence. :\'(

Gosh ten years ago, I was 11 years old.

I feel OLD!  :-[

Ten years ago, I was 17...and a high school senior. :o

This means my ten-year reunion happens next year already!!

November 25th 1997 - US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia.

November 28th 1997 - Kosovo Liberation Army, Albanian guerrilla group fighting for freedom of Kosovo, presents in front of the people of Kosovo.

I forgot to mention this yesterday, but on November 27th of 1997 (which was Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.), I watched Wheel Of Fortune, and two teachers from my high school appeared on the show! :D It was "Best Friends Week", and these two teachers won the game, and went on to the bonus round and solved the bonus puzzle (whose answer, for the record, was "Shipyard"). They won $42,000+ cash & prizes, and got a chance to come back at the end of the week, when they won an additional $10,200.

Ten years ago, I was 15 (almost 16) and around this time my Grandma lent some really old family photos to us to go through. This got me into our family history a lot and I learned about relatives I never knew about and some stories behind them. 

Ten years ago, I was 15 (almost 16) and around this time my Grandma lent some really old family photos to us to go through. This got me into our family history a lot and I learned about relatives I never knew about and some stories behind them. 

Interesting....for only the past few years, my parents have been doing research in their family history. We've learned a lot about our unknown relatives too! :)

December 3rd 1997 - In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.

December 11th 1997 - The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change opens for signature.

December 11th 1997 - Fed judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows

December 12th 1997 Japanese Maglev train builders claim world speed record at 332 MPH

wow, 10 years ago I was 19... it feels like a couple years ago, not 10!!!

December 15th 1997 - San Francisco 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16

December 18th 1997 - HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.

Interesting....for only the past few years, my parents have been doing research in their family history. We've learned a lot about our unknown relatives too! :)


Yes, it's a lot of fun. Have you been helping them, too?

December 18th, 1997 - Chris Farley Dies  :-December 19th, 1997 - "Titanic" opens in theaters


Pretty big event in history considering it's the biggest money making film ever.

Yes, it's a lot of fun. Have you been helping them, too?

Oh yes...making sure that the dates are accurate, and seeing that everyone's name is spelled consistently.

In 1997, our family moved to our present location.  Then, I was a 5th grader.  Only God knows if in 2007, I'm smarter than a 5th grader. :)

Did anybody talk about the death of Princess Diana?  My dad told my brother and I about this on our way home from the store.  I felt for Diana; she was a sweet lady from what I've heard then and now.

On TV, Harry Friedman became executive producer of Jeopardy! (or was it Wheel of Fortune first?) Anywho, in '97, Mr. Friedman became executive producer of both programs.  Speaking of Jeopardy!, they changed their set to the "sushi-bar" style, lasting until 2003.

I think "Hero" by the Foo Fighters and "Brick" by Ben Folds Five was popular on modern rock radio at this time in 1997.

Yeah I remember reading about Farley in the paper back then, it was shocking to me seeing as how I watching a number of his movies in the '90s.

Titanic I saw in theaters around the time it came out, I can remember the crowds.

It has been almost 10 years since we lost Sonny Bono. :\'( :(

This exact day 10 years ago, we went out for my Grandmother's 69th birthday at Humphrey's Restaurant on the water. Now she's 79 :0)

^Amazing! Both of my grandmothers are still alive, at 86 (mom's mom) and 79 (dad's mom). My paternal grandmother will turn 80 this June.


On this date 10 years ago (Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998), I was at home all day, watching "I Love Lucy" videotapes.

^Amazing! Both of my grandmothers are still alive, at 86 (mom's mom) and 79 (dad's mom). My paternal grandmother will turn 80 this June.


On this date 10 years ago (Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998), I was at home all day, watching "I Love Lucy" videotapes.


Wow, good for her! 80 is quite a number to reach! My Grandmother won't be 80 until Jan. 3rd. 2009. I hope she makes it! She's my only living grandparent. My grandpa (her ex-husband) died in 2003 at 81. Both my Dad's parents have passed on, as well. His mother passed in 1980 and his dad passed in 2006.


Anyway, this time, 10 years ago, was my close friend's 16th birthday. Today, she turns 26. I think I went to her house and watched some movies, I believe we watched "Mission: Impossible" with Tom Cruise and also a movie with Jennifer Anniston. Also, I saw "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" for the first time.

December 18th, 1997 - Chris Farley Dies  :-December 19th, 1997 - "Titanic" opens in theaters


Pretty big event in history considering it's the biggest money making film ever.
...and amazingly, almost ten years on from it's release, it was last Saturday (30th December 2007) that I first saw the film...

...except for the last five minutes.

...and amazingly, almost ten years on from it's release, it was last Saturday (30th December 2007) that I first saw the film...

...except for the last five minutes.

What? December 30th of '07 was Sunday. Perhaps you meant the 29th?

What? December 30th of '07 was Sunday. Perhaps you meant the 29th?
Sorry, with my flu, I was mixed up with my days. I meant to say 29th December.

January 5th 1998 - An ice storm knocks out the electricity in Quebec and Ontario.

January 5th 1998 - An ice storm knocks out the electricity in Quebec and Ontario.

...and Sonny Bono dies in a skiing accident at age 62.

January 1998 -  Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys
January 2008 - Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys

Not much changed... same artists making hits or in the music scene.

Seriously, 10 years ago


Cartoon Network was good
Didn't have Sean Paul
Did not have snap music.  Snap music was jazz from the 1950s and Don't Worry, Be Happy.
Emo was underground
Disney Channel was Donald Duck and Goofy
MySpace was not even though of... Facebook did not even cross our mind.  AOL was same thing as MySpace.  Did have MySpace beta in Summer 1998.
Crunk was invented in 1997.
Stupid dances like Crank That was not even thought of or even predicted.
Telletubbies... teens and older kids like them... now we  pick on Telletubbies on YouTube
Video sharing was not even thought of until 2002 or so.
File sharing was in development
DVD's were expensive... No HD or Blu Ray!!
The only High School Musical I see was an actual High School Musical!!

January 5th 1998 - An ice storm knocks out the electricity in Quebec and Ontario.


January 5, 2008... A huge monster storm hits most of the West Coast, dumping 7 feet of snow and then some ice.   And huge heat wave across the US. Massive snow storm hits Ireland with rates of 7 inches per hour.  We are entering a ice age... global warming is a hoax!!  1998 it was everywhere and 2007 it was too.

January 1998 -  Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys
January 2008 - Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys

Not much changed... same artists making hits or in the music scene.




Hmmm, none of those are hardly at the peak they were in 1998. Janet Jackson hasn't had a hit for a few years, right? Celine Dion's recent album really does not get any airplay nor does the BS Boys or Spice Girls.

January 10-11, 1998...I was enjoying my last weekend of winter break before going back to school on the 12th.

Ten years ago I had an 11 day old baby and was completely freaked out that I was going to ruin her life.  Today I am completely freaked out because I have to deal with 5 ten year olds at her birthday party tomorrow. ;D

10 years ago i was 32 and working in Japan.  I lived alone in an apartment and was there for a year already.  Still a little uncomfortable.
But it was fun.

January 14th 1998 - Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis).

January 16, 1998...was a Friday, so I was most likely in school.

January 17th 1998 - Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

January 17, 2008.  Not sure what I was going at the time.  I believe I working at a grocery store full-time.  I was probably working 10 years ago at this moment.

January 17th 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the Bill Clinton - Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report.

January 17th 1998 - Paula Jones accuses President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

I remember hearing about that. Then other folks began accusing him...I'm not even gonna go into it. :-X :P




January 17, 2008.  Not sure what I was going at the time.  I believe I working at a grocery store full-time.  I was probably working 10 years ago at this moment.
...yes, but that was zero years ago. ;D ;D

January 21st 1998 - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

January 21st 1998 - Pope John Paul II visits Cuba



...and on that day, I thought I had lost my keys at school, but it turns out, I had left them all along!

I'll start - where were you when Princess Diana died? I was at my cousin's wedding.


the next moring at the breakfast table getting ready for school (elementary school lol i was 10) and it was on the news

October 12th 1997

Today ten years saw the sad death of John Denver, American singer (b. 1943)


oh wow that was 10 years ago? i remember that very well

November 19th 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive. They would go on to become the first set of septuplets to survive infancy, with all seven alive in 2007.


i just saw on nbc a special that they are 10 wow

December 19th, 1997 - "Titanic" opens in theaters


Pretty big event in history considering it's the biggest money making film ever.


i was so mad because my dad didnt take me to see it but he did buy me the tape(s) and i was so mad at the people because they killed off leonardo dicaprio lol i loved him then i was 10 lol

December 19th, 1997 - "Titanic" opens in theaters


Pretty big event in history considering it's the biggest money making film ever.


i was so mad because my dad didnt take me to see it but he did buy me the tape(s) and i was so mad at the people because they killed off leonardo dicaprio lol i loved him then i was 10 lol
It took me a decade to see this film, and I still did not see the last five minutes.

January 1998 -  Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys
January 2008 - Celine Dion, Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys

Not much changed... same artists making hits or in the music scene.



ahh the good days lol still am always will be always was a huge BSB fan and the spice girls were my first concert and i liked celine dion to

as for the sonny bono thing 10 years? wow i remember this stuff like it was yesterday he skied into a pole or something didnt he

97 i was 10 years old and in 5th and 6th grade wow that seems so long ago im a jr in COLLEGE now lol

January 23, 1998...was a rather hectic day for me, but it ended on a positive note. At school, a certain lady friend of mine failed to come to my defense when this boy I'd never seen before was attacking me for no reason; the girl didn't do a thing about it, so I was heartbroken. (Reminder: I was a senior in high school then.) So I found the school police and described exactly what happen; while I told the officer about it, my friend happened by. She apologized to me for anything that may have bothered me, and hugged me. The officer suggested that if I find out any information about this boy, to report him ASAP. The good news is that I never saw him again after that.
I said things ended on a positive note that day...that's because I went to see the movie As Good As It Gets that night. I especilly liked Jack Nicholson's character, as well as the dog that was in the movie. :)

Late January 1998 - I don't have a lot of recollections of this part of the month in 1998. I was busy with schoolwork and was not too far off from turning 16. I think I did find out this month that my best friend's mother had a brain tumor, which saddened me quite a bit.  :(

I have plenty of recollections of Jan. 1998, some of which are eventful and others of which are not. ^ Sorry to hear about your best friend's mom, Kristen. :\'(

^ Thanks  :)

January 25th 1998:


During a historic visit to Cuba Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others.

...and Super Bowl XXXII was played in San Diego, CA, with the Denver Broncos defeating the Green Bay Packers, 34-21.

...and Super Bowl XXXII was played in San Diego, CA, with the Denver Broncos defeating the Green Bay Packers, 34-21.


I remember watching this. The Broncos would win the following year, as well.

January 26th 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton makes a  denial.

January 28th 1998 - Gunmen hold at least 400 children and teachers hostage for several hours at an elementary school in Manila, Philippines.

January 29th 1998 - In Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph is suspected as the culprit.

I remember watching this. The Broncos would win the following year, as well.


I didn't watch it, but I do keep track of sports statistics. :) I did, however, remember watching the movie Men In Black, which we had rented; I think it had just been released on video at the time.

I was this time ten years ago when I was forced to go to a college and learn IT skills, without these skills I do not think I would be here today.

February 2nd 1998 - Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in New York City for cocaine overdose

February 3th 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas becoming the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. 

February 4th 1998 - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.

It was at this time ten years ago when I began the second half of my high school senior year...but not without a "screwup" in my program of classes. At first they'd put me in a math class which I wasn't supposed to be in. Not only because it was a math class that I had already taken, but also because the class was full of juniors, and I was a senior. So after a week, I dropped that class and replaced it with a "T.A." period. (I spent the period in the counseling office as a T.A., where I would help out with various office tasks.)

February 6th 1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

February 6th 1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

...on the former president's 87th birthday, appropriately enough. ::)



Also, Austrian recording artist Falco, best known for his 1985-86 hit "Rock Me Amadeus", was killed in an automobile accident at the age of 40, just a couple weeks shy of his 41st birthday. :\'( :\'(

On this day, in 1998, I was 19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o

On this day, in 1998, I was 19!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :o  :o   :o   :o  :o   :o  :o   :o  :o  :o  :o  :o  :o
Just 19, or was it your 19th birthday?

Just 19, or was it your 19th birthday?

Probably not his birthday. He was probably just stating that his age happened to still be 19 then. I was still 17 then, as I am currently 27.

February 7th 1998 - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan.

February 7th 1998 - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan.

Oh yes, I remember that very well. In another week it'll be 20 years since the 15th Winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Canada.

^ Oh yes, me, too. I remember watching the opening ceremonies and especially the figure skating!

February 8th 1998 - First female ice hockey game in Olympic history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.

February 8th 1998 - First female ice hockey game in Olympic history: Finland beats Sweden 6-0.

A historic moment!

A historic moment!
Is it on youTube?

Is it on youTube?

Could look for it...it just might be there.

Anyways, the Olympic Games were probably going on at this very moment 10 years ago.

February 10th 1998 - Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon that law.

February 13, 1998...was Friday the 13th!!

On that day, the movie "The Wedding Singer" opened in theaters in the U.S. The title character was played by Adam Sandler, and Drew Barrymore portrayed his love interest...who was engaged to another man.

February 14th 1998 - Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.

February 15th 1998 - Daytona 500: After twenty attempts, Dale Earnhardt, Sr wins his only Daytona 500.

February 13, 1998...was Friday the 13th!!

On that day, the movie "The Wedding Singer" opened in theaters in the U.S. The title character was played by Adam Sandler, and Drew Barrymore portrayed his love interest...who was engaged to another man.



And my family and I got to see this movie on the 15th.

And my family and I got to see this movie on the 15th.

...on  Sunday the 15th!!

February 18th 1998 - Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada and accused of plotting a biological attack on New York City subways.

...on  Sunday the 15th!!


That's correct, Philip! I enjoyed the movie. :D


Anyhoo, on Wednesday, February 18, 1998, my Spanish class and I took a field trip to a restaurant to order food in Spanish. It was a Coco's restaurant (which no longer exists; it got bulldozed in 2000 after 30 years in business), and the menu was written in English (of course), but we had to mentally translate it into Spanish and tell our waitress (who spoke Spanish) what we wanted. For the record, I think I ordered a hamburguesa.

That's correct, Philip! I enjoyed the movie. :D


Anyhoo, on Wednesday, February 18, 1998, my Spanish class and I took a field trip to a restaurant to order food in Spanish. It was a Coco's restaurant (which no longer exists; it got bulldozed in 2000 after 30 years in business), and the menu was written in English (of course), but we had to mentally translate it into Spanish and tell our waitress (who spoke Spanish) what we wanted. For the record, I think I ordered a hamburguesa.
...and was it a hamburger you were served?

...and was it a hamburger you were served?


Si, senor. :D

That's correct, Philip! I enjoyed the movie. :D


Anyhoo, on Wednesday, February 18, 1998, my Spanish class and I took a field trip to a restaurant to order food in Spanish. It was a Coco's restaurant (which no longer exists; it got bulldozed in 2000 after 30 years in business), and the menu was written in English (of course), but we had to mentally translate it into Spanish and tell our waitress (who spoke Spanish) what we wanted. For the record, I think I ordered a hamburguesa.


We have a Cocos up here in Concord still. It hasn't been demolished just yet!  :)

We have a Cocos up here in Concord still. It hasn't been demolished just yet!  :)

We have various Cocos down here in Southern California as well...including one in Mission Hills, off the 118 freeway at Sepulveda Blvd. That one used to be a Bob's Big Boy.

Last time I was in Sunland (near where I used to live), there was a Cocos there, in a large shopping center. I dunno if it's still there or not, but I know it was there in 1990, when my family first went there...and in 2000, when we last went there.


Edit: Yes, I found out it still exists. http://www.yelp.com/biz/cocos-bakery-restaurant-sunland

We have various Cocos down here in Southern California as well...including one in Mission Hills, off the 118 freeway at Sepulveda Blvd. That one used to be a Bob's Big Boy.

Last time I was in Sunland (near where I used to live), there was a Cocos there, in a large shopping center. I dunno if it's still there or not, but I know it was there in 1990, when my family first went there...and in 2000, when we last went there.


Edit: Yes, I found out it still exists. http://www.yelp.com/biz/cocos-bakery-restaurant-sunland


Ahhh, that's good there's still a few more around! We actually had two in this general area. One was in Walnut Creek and the other in Concord (neighboring cities). Now only the Concord one exists. I remember eating at the Cocos in W.C., but can't pinpoint where the location was now.