September 11, 2012

  • Never Forget.

    Has it already been close to 11 years since 9/11? The iPod debuted 11 years ago. Just to remind us all how much older we are, facts from the year 2001.

    World Series Champions: Arizona Diamondbacks
    Superbowl XXXV Champions: Baltimore Ravens
    NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers
    Stanley Cup Champs: Colorado Avalanche
    U.S. Open Golf Retief Goosen
    U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Lleyton Hewitt/Venus Williams
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Goran Ivanisevic/Venus Williams
    NCAA Football Champions: Miami
    NCAA Basketball Champions: Duke
    Kentucky Derby: Monarchos
    Sports Highlights:  
    The Hotties and Fashion Icons: Gisele Bündchen
    The Heartthrob(s):  
    "The Quote"  
    Time Magazine's Person of the Year Rudolph Giuliani
    Miss America: Angela Perez BaBaraquio (Honolulu, HI)
    Miss USA: Kandace Krueger (Texas)

    War On Terror:

     


    Number of Deaths on the 9/11 attack:

    American Airlines Flight 11 (hit the North Tower, NYC)
    -87 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers

    United Airlines Flight 175 (hit the South Tower, NYC)
    -60 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers

    Total World Trade Center
    - 2,606 people
    1366+ in North Tower
    618+ in South Tower
    18 was the guesstimate pedestrians killed on the street below
    411 emergency workers were killed:
    341 firefighters, 60 police officers, 10 paramedics & EMTs

    United Airlines Flight 90 (Crashed near Shanksville, PA)
    -40 passengers and crew, 4 hijackers

    American Airlines Flight 77 (hit the Pentagon)
    -59 passengers and crew, 5 hijackers
    The Pentagon
    -125 employees

    Clear Channel banned many rock and pop songs after the attack.

    The Scandals:

    Angelina Jolie gave a passionate open-mouth kiss to her brother, James, which made many people almost forget Bjork's goose dress.

    Enron's accounting scandal cost investors something close to $60 Billion, and their accounting firm, Arthur Anderson, went out of business

    Gary Condit, a Democrat California congressman, had an affair with his intern, Chandra Levy, which was alleged may have also led to her murder. It didn't - Ingmar Guandique, a Salvadoran immigrant had killed her.


    Fake picture from camera supposedly found in World Trade Center debris.

    Nascar Driver Death: Dale Earnhart

    Airplane Celebrity Death: Aaliyah

    Splitsville:
    Julia Roberts and Benjaman Bratt
    Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise
    Enron, due to financial misdeeds
    Arthur Anderson Accounting, due to covering up Enron's financial misdeeds

    Renee Zellweger was in the bathroom when Hugh Grant called her up for her Golden Globe Award.

    Millions watched Britney Spears dance with a python at the MTV's Music Video Awards

    Nerd News:

    Barry Bonds hit 73 Home Runs*.
    * steroid use was allegedly involved

    Cost of a Superbowl ad in 2001: $2,100,000

    The Habits:

    iPod was released October, 2001.

    The X-Box came out in November, 2001.

    ...Everybody else was watching SpongeBob Squarepants

    1st appearances & 2001's Most Popular Christmas gifts, toys and presents: iPod, Harry Potter, K'NEX BattleTech/MechWarrior, Bob the Builder toys
    The Bomb (Film): Glitter starring Mariah Carey
    Best Film Oscar Winner: A Beautiful Mind
    The Big Movies: 1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
    3. Shrek
    4. Monster's Inc
    5. Rush Hour 2
    6. The Mummy Returns
    7. Pearl Harbor
    8. Ocean's Eleven
    9. Jurassic Park III
    10. Planet of the Apes
    2001 Most Popular TV shows: 1. Friends (NBC)
    2. CSI (CBS)
    3. ER (NBC)
    4. Survivor: Marquesas (CBS)
    5. Survivor: Africa (CBS)
    6. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
    7. Law & Order (NBC)
    8. Will & Grace (NBC)
    9. The West Wing (NBC)
    10. Monday Night Football (ABC)
    2001 Billboard
    Number One Songs

    November 18, 2000 - February 2, 2001:
    Independent Women - Destiny's Child

    February 3 - February 16:
    It Wasn't Me - Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent

    February 17 - February 23:
    Ms. Jackson - OutKast

    February 24 - March 23:
    Stutter - Joe

    March 24 - April 6:
    Butterfly - Crazy Town

    April 7 - April 13:
    Angel - Shaggy featuring Rayvon

    April 14 - July 1:
    All For You - Janet Jackson

    June 2 - July 6:
    Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mya / Pink

    July 7 - August 3:
    U Remind Me - Usher

    August 4 - August 17:
    Bootylicious - Destiny's Child

    August 18 - September 28:
    Fallin' - Alicia Keys

    September 29 - November 2:
    I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule

    November 3 - December 14:
    Family Affair - Mary J. Blige

    December 15, 2001 - January 25, 2002:
    U Got It Bad - Usher

    Where were you when you first heard the news?

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