What The World Was Like The First Time “Titanic” Was In Theaters…
Ah, 1997.
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1. Gianni Versace had just been murdered.
2. NBC had seven shows in the Top 10.
3. Pokémon had just been blessed by the Vatican…
4. …and then Pokemon started giving kids seizures.
5. 14-year-old Tara Lipinski had just become the youngest women’s world figure skating champion.
6. Princess Diana had just died.
7. Mother Teresa too.
8. Tim Duncan was the NBA’s #1 draft pick.
9. Steve Jobs got back with Apple.
10. Microsoft bought $150 million shares of Apple.
11. Tony Blair was the UK’s new Prime Minister.
12. Scotland had just created its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England.
13. The 117-year-old F.W. Woolworth Company closed for business.
14. Lourdes was just a baby.
15. “Spice” was the best-selling album of the year.
16. These songs were on the radio all the time:
17. This was MTV’s Music Video of the Year:
18. This was what the cover of Rolling Stone looked like that week:
19. Nicole Kidman was on the cover of Vanity Fair.
20. Mariah graced the cover of Cosmo.
21. The Comet Hale-Bopp just made its closest approach to Earth.
22. NASA’s Pathfinder was exploring the surface of Mars.
24. South Park had just made its debut.
25. This is what the Daily Show looked like:
26. This is what Nickelodeon’s daytime schedule looked like:
27. The English Patient won the Oscar for Best Picture.
28. The Florida Marlins had just won the World Series.
29. 39 Heaven’s Gate cultists committed mass suicide at their compound in San Diego.
30. Madeleine Albright had just become the first female Secretary of State.
31. Two robbers injured 17 police officers during the North Hollywood Shootout.
32. Divorce just became legal in the Republic of Ireland.
33. Bill Clinton had barred federal funding for any research on human cloning.
34. These two just got married.
36. These two were still doin’ it.
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armadillorider a year agoI was 8 years old and I saw Titanic three times in the theatre. Thank god my parents were awesome and let me see good movies regardless of their rating.
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That Nickelodeon lineup was epic. Let’s bring it back.
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skydivingcoroner a year agoSigh. Fifteen years later, it’s safe to say “Growing Pains” was lying when it said, “The best is ready to begin.”
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hagen a year agoI was 7 and my parents (obviously) wouldn’t let me see Titanic in theaters and I was so mad at them. Especially since some of the cooler kids got to see it and would talk about it in the cafeteria. I also wasn’t allowed to listen to the Spice Girls.
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Miss Cellania a year agoAll that stuff was just yesterday, it seems. But my daughter was born that year, and she turns 15 this month.
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