Ahhh 1996

The year of the Macarena, Twister, Pokemon and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It was a good year. Think back to 1996, a time when…

A USB? What’s that?

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All the cool kids were saving their files on floppy disks.

Windows 95 blew all our minds...

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Technologically speaking, of course

Pokemon was released

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and you could play it on your new Game Boy Color!

WATCH OUT FOR THAT COW! Twister hit theaters.

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Checking the weather on-the-go was not an option.

The hottest toy on the market? Tickle-Me-Elmo

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Independence Day also made its debut on the silver screen

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#Alieninvasion would just be considered a bad typo. A very bad typo.

Nintendo gave us 2 of the best gaming systems- the Nintendo 64 and the Game Boy Color

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Getting directions was pretty much an act of Congress

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Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, was doing the Macarena

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World Chess champion Garry Kasprov was defeated by IBMs supercomputer “Deep Blue” for the first time

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Jerry McGuire learned a Tidwell family saying…

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Oasis came and went

Bob Dole ran for president and took a tumble

We all had a pair of Zubaz and loved them

Tiger Woods got a green jacket and Dennis Rodman wore a wedding dress

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Alanis Morrissette took a ‘Jagged Little Pill’

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We were introduced to the "Freshmaker"

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And the Telecom Act of 1996

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first overhaul of the United States’ telecommunications law, which was originally written in 1934. It hasn’t been changed since. The 1996 version was the first time the term ‘Internet’ was included, and it was mentioned 11 times- trailing ‘payphone’ mentioned 18 times and ‘Bell Operation Company’ mentioned 130 times. Don’t you think it’s time for an update? #18yrsago