The Year Was 1999–television shows premiering included “The Sopranos,” “Family Guy,” “The West Wing” and “Sponge Bob Square Pants”…in theaters, “Fight Club” and “Office Space” were popular…in the news, President Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate in an impeachment trial…John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife and her sister died when the plane he was piloting went down, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 10,000 for the first time…topping the music charts, “Believe” by Cher, “Hit Me Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears, Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loco” and “Mambo No. 5” by Lou Bega.
