Flashback

Our class was special and the years we spent at school was a unique time in history.

 

42nd U.S. President - Bill Clinton

 

U.S. Population 266.6 million

 

World Population hit 5.72 billion

 

Minimum Wage - $4.75/hour

 

New House - $115,000.00

 

Gallon of gas - $1.15

 

Gallon of milk - $2.48

 

Dozen eggs - $0.92

 

Loaf of bread - $1.59

 

Postage stamp - $.29

 

Movie ticket - $4.35

 

Windows 95 was released

 

Javascript was invented

 

Sun dried tomatoes were a trendy food ingredient

 

Ripped jeans, flannel shirts, oversized sweaters and combat boots were in style

 

Grunge was ppularized by bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam

 

Alanis Morissette won the Grammy for Album of the year with Hagged Little Pill

 

Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" was the song of the year

 

Toy Story was one of the top five highest grossing movies

 

Golden Eye relaunced the James Bond with Pierce Brosnan

 

Clueless became an instant classic

 

Batman Forever was the highest grossing film of the year

 

E.R., Seinfeld, Friends were the most popular TV shows

 

Oklahoma City Bombing

 

O.J. Simpson Case

 

Japanese subway gassed

 

By December 1995, only .4% of the world's population had access to the internet.  Today it is 62%