1. Right now, kids from all over the country are beginning their senior year of high school. They’re well on their way to college. And they were mostly born in 1997.
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2. Which was, like, 12 minutes ago.
3. Back in ‘97, we’d just started reading about a delightful boy wizard named Harry.
4. Titanic was the biggest movie in the world.
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It basically still is.
6. These two were the hottest celebrity couple imaginable.
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11. We all thought “Tubthumping” was the first of many hits by a band of leftist Brits called Chumbawamba.
19. Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, and Tracy Morgan were the big new stars on Saturday Night Live.
21. But the biggest buzz was about a new cartoon called South Park.
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Kenny has been dying as long as these kids have been alive.
22. Ellen DeGeneres was the first sitcom star to come out as a lesbian on her show, and she made it seem like it wasn’t a big deal.
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23. NBC utterly owned primetime with E.R., Seinfeld, Friends, and, uh, Suddenly Susan on Thursday nights.
24. Mike Tyson bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield’s ear in a boxing match, and people freaked out.
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25. Bill Clinton had started his second term, but his affair with intern Monica Lewinksy was about to go public in a big way.
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26. Tony Blair had just become the prime minister of the United Kingdom…
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27. …just before the sudden, tragic death of Princess Diana.
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28. Steve Jobs returned to Apple — and revitalized it a year later by rolling out the first iMac.
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30. This was not even the first Mario Kart game.
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What The World Was Like When Today"s High School Seniors Were Born
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