Video: 'Fight Club' trailer
(Friday, September 10, 1999) — Fight Club, a film about a man discontented with his white-collar job who forms a “fight club” with a soap salesman and becomes embroiled in a relationship with him and a destitute woman, premiered today at the Venice Film Festival. Continue reading ‘Fight Club’ premieres at Venice Film Festival 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 10 1999)
Video: 'Sweet and Lowdown' trailer
(Saturday, September 4, 1999, late evening MDT) — The first public screening of Sweet and Lowdown, an American comedy-drama film about a self-confident jazz guitarist who falls in love with a mute woman, was held late tonight during a secret sneak preview at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, one day before the film’s official world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Continue reading ‘Sweet and Lowdown’ premieres at Telluride Film Festival 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1989)
(Saturday, September 4, 1999) — “Bailamos” by Enrique Iglesias peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Sept. 4/11, 1999). Continue reading ‘Bailamos’ by Enrique Iglesias peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 4 1999)
Video: 'GREAT QUAKES IZMIT, TURKEY'
(Friday, August 17, 1999, 3:01:39 a.m. local time; during the 1999 Izmit earthquake) — More than 17,000 people were killed and another 40,000 injured today when a 37-second magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck a densely populated region of northwestern Turkey. Continue reading Earthquake kills 17,000+ people in northwest Turkey 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1999)
(Saturday, July 31, 1999) — “Genie in a Bottle” by Christina Aguilera peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for five consecutive weeks (July 31, Aug. 7/14/21/28, 1999). Continue reading ‘Genie in a Bottle’ by Christina Aguilera peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 31 1999)
(Saturday, July 24, 1999) — “Wild Wild West” by Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Wild Wild West’ by Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 24 1999)
(Saturday, July 17, 1999) — “Bills, Bills, Bills” by Destiny’s Child peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Bills, Bills, Bills’ by Destiny’s Child peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 17 1999)
Video: 'JFK JR.'S PLANE IS MISSING (LIVE TELEVISION NEWS COVERAGE FROM JULY 17, 1999)' (11:15 a.m. EDT-5:15 p.m. EDT)
(Friday, July 16, 1999, approximately 9:41 p.m. EDT; during the John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash) — 38-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, his 33-year-old wife, Carolyn, and her 34-year-old sister, Lauren Bessette, died tonight when their single-engine plane, piloted by Kennedy, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. Continue reading JFK Jr., wife, sister-in-law killed in plane crash 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1999)
(Saturday, June 12, 1999) — “If You Had My Love” by Jennifer Lopez peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for five consecutive weeks (June 12/19/26, July 3/10, 1999). Continue reading ‘If You Had My Love’ by Jennifer Lopez peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1999)
(Saturday, May 8, 1999) — “Livin’ la Vida Loca” by Ricky Martin peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for five consecutive weeks (May 8/15/22/29, June 5, 1999). Continue reading ‘Livin’ la Vida Loca’ by Ricky Martin peaks at #1 in USA 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1999)
