20 Years Ago on AOL.com: August 17, 1999 -- AIM Web Chats; London Calling

August 17, 1999: We started with AIM Web Chat; the headline captured the 1999 Turkey earthquake:

For the PM update, we went with travel bargains, featuring a Clash reference that I probably had help with:

[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.]