The PM update featured news of a big stock sell-off, as well as the first top-block mention of Y2K, with an altogether too-obvious R.E.M. reference:
Monday, January 14, 2019
20 Years Ago on AOL.com: Jan. 14, 1999 -- Impeachment Trial Opens, Stocks Slammed, Y2K Preparations
January 14, 1999: The main graphic promo featured Diet and Fitness and more women in sports bras to start the day, but as seen in the My News dynamic headline, the Clinton impeachment trial opened today:
The PM update featured news of a big stock sell-off, as well as the first top-block mention of Y2K, with an altogether too-obvious R.E.M. reference:
[Series note: In the late 1990s, I programmed the content for the AOL.com home page, which relaunched with a new design on July 14, 1998.
I printed screencaps and saved them. 20 years later, I'm scanning them
in and posting them with a little commentary under the tag #20YearsAgoOnAOLcom.]
The PM update featured news of a big stock sell-off, as well as the first top-block mention of Y2K, with an altogether too-obvious R.E.M. reference:
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