1995 - Palestinians granted limited self-rule in accord with Israel at White House.

1996 - TWA Flight 800, bound from New York to Paris, exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after take off, killing all 230 aboard

1997 - Princess Diana killed in automobile accident in Paris.

1998 - John Glenn, first US astronaut to orbit the earth, returns to space aboard the shuttle Discovery. His 1962 solo flight lasted five hours, the 1998 trip lasted nine days.

1999 - Peace agreement reached in Northern Ireland, ending over eighty years of terrorism and civil war

2000:bday:

well... that's it for me for a while... g'night all!

--2001--

#2002

Did everyone leave you all alone?

yeah, but then I was hogging the thread :D

2003

2004

here's to next year!

2005.

Big important number if you ever watched Transformers regularly. ;)

Okay, since someone asked.
The Wizard of Oz (MGM Production #1060) started filming in October of 1938.
The west coast premiere was on August 15th, 1939. The New York Premiere was on August 17th, 1939.

The movie did NOT make a profit until its first post-war rerelease, in 1948-49.

#2006

I'm not sure how many people were getting it in their homes in 1992, as gopher was still the tool of choice (until the University of Minnesota decided it reserved the right to potentially charge a fee for its use). Officially, the program known as worldwideweb got started at CERN in 1990 (on a black NeXT Cube!).

#2007

And regarding Enterprise vs. Columbia, remember that Columbia in 1981 was the first orbital flight of a shuttle. All tests done in the late 70s with Enterprise (unveiled surrounded by the cast of Star Trek in September of 1976 - it would have been named the Constitution if not for the fans of Star Trek) were atmospheric tests only.

OV-101 is currently parked in Virginia, and will be at the Udvar-Hazy center, south of the main terminal at Dulles Airport. The center opens to the public in December of 2003, one of many events marking the first 100 years of manned, engine-powered flight.

#2008

Other items to appear at the Udvar-Hazy center include:

Over 200 aircraft and 135 spacecraft will be on display, including an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft; the Dash 80 prototype of the Boeing 707; the B-17 Flying Fortress named "Swoose;" an F-4 Phantom fighter; the B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay;" and the de Havilland Chipmunk aerobatic plane, to name a few.

#2009