E C O N O M Y
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- Average US yearly income was $37,006
- Gas cost $1.22.
- Average US house was $124,100.
- Average UK house was £71,248.
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N E W S
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- Hong Kong returned to Chinese control.
- Kyoto Protocol agreed to to combat global warming.
- Armed Islamic Group (GIA) conduct reign of terror in Algeria to try to overthrow government for an Islamic one.
- Scotland votes to create its own Parliament.
- Japanese embassy in Peru, taken hostage at end of 1996, freed by government troops.
- Carlos the Jackal caught in France and sentenced to life in prison.
- Pol Pot goes on trial in Cambodia.
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T R I V I A
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- Harry Potter appears on the book shelves.
- Michael Jackson has a child.
- TV rating system goes into effect.
- Comet Hale-Bopp visits and some odd people try to meet it.
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F I L M
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- The Titanic sank while the movie did awesomely.
- Damon and Affleck went Good Will Hunting.
- Nicholson and Hunt were As Good As It Gets.
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