Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

Page 18 text:

A brld News 1997 - 2001 1998 So much in only 4 years 1997 — Hong Kong ' s Independence — Scientists cloned Dolly the sheep — Heaven ' s Gate cult mass suicide — OJ Simpson loses civil suit for wrongful death — Timothy McVeigh is found guilty of bombing ' — China resumes control of Hong Kong — Mars Pathfinder lands on Mars — Princess Diana ' s Funeral. — Comet Hale-Bopp 1st spotted — Jonbenet Ramsev murder fW — The Unabomber pleads guilt. y — India resumes nuclear testing — Clinton admits to Lewinsky af- fair — America bombs Iraq. — Louise Woodward, the young British nanny found guilty in the murder of a babv. returned to the U.K. — Bob Barker ' s game show. The Price is Right, aired its 5,000th epi- sode on CBS in the summer — In late June, three men associat- ed with the Ku Klux Klan dragged a black man. James Byrd Jr.. to his death on the back of a pickup truck: they were later sentenced to death — Two young boys, aged 1 3 and 14, killed 5 people at a Jonesboro. Arkansas middle school after a hoax fire alarm; they were killed on the playground — John Glenn returns to space • nff ' • J §l CD t Senator John Glenn returned to space with six other astronauts to conduct experiments in space. President Clinton and Monica Lewinski seemed to be launed ot each other. Princess Diana ' s funeral passes through I ondon. O.J. Simpson mm his detense attorney, F. Lee Bailey, left, ( onsull with ea h othei during ).J ' s trial. 14 Price is Right tor Bob Barker.

Page 17 text:

H-TVPP ; ST «TisTtti LINES -OOO TOP OlOOOO SCORE OOOOOO NEXT I c LEVE 00 - 1 Nice legs! NCAA shorts have evolved since the 80s. Little did this Temple player know that he would be playing against future NBA star Patrick Ewing. Remembering the 80s... Do You Remember... Big Hair Bands Warm Up Socks Punk Rockers Wearing a sideways pony tail How cool Pontiac Firebirds were When E.T. premiered [poesn ' t look like much has changed in the bookstore since the 80s.

Page 19 text:

£ 1999 NATO begins bombing the former goslavia Columbine tragedy Earthquake in Turkey kills 13,000 Pokemon fever grips the U.S. I- The South Park movie is released - Ited for the most obscenities per mi- lite: 399 in 80 minutes; Pulp Fiction Id only 41 1 obscenities in 154 minutes I- Twelve students killed and three in- ■red at Texas A M when logs for a clebratory bonfire collapsed under the vight of the students 1- Texas Governor George W. Bush an- Dunced that he would be running for jesident in the 2000 primary elections I A shooting incident at a Jewish school 1 L.A. l- On September 17, Hurricane Floyd c vastated the eastern coast of the U.S. (using millions of dollars of damage -• Former Beetle George Harrison was nbbed in the chest by an unknown as- filant on December 29, 1999 2001 HOWPlftTO WWS 2000 — Charles Schulz. the author of Peanuts, passed away at his home on Long Island in Febru- ary — The closest election in the hisotry of American politics be- tween Al Gore and George W. Bush; after intense litigation. Bush declared President-elect — Sydney Olympics Former Beatle George Harrison | ith the IWO lima Memorial in the tore- round fireworks burst over Washington aturday )an. 1 , 2000 during the millenni- m celebrations. Charles Schulz, helps Snoopy from Peanuts take a bow at the World Premiere concert prefor- mance of Peanuts Gal- lery . Photographs courtesy of Associated Press