August 10, 1999
A Big Mac cost $2.43 that summer of 1999, and the Dow Jones sat at 11,497 — a peace agreement between NATO and Serbian forces had just ended the Kosovo air campaign, bringing a fragile resolution to the Balkans crisis that had dominated global headlines for months. On American screens and radio stations, audiences were lining up for "American Pie" at the multiplex while Jennifer Lopez held the top spot on the charts with "If You Had My Love," her debut single that signaled a new era in pop music. On July 31, NASA deliberately guided the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon's surface at the conclusion of its 19-month mission, an intentional controlled impact designed to test whether the resulting debris cloud would reveal traces of frozen water in the lunar craters.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — August 10, 1999
NY Times Headlines — Week of August 10, 1999
Pentagon Moving To End Abuses Of 'Don'T Ask, Don'T Tell' Policy
China And U.S. Are Reported To Trade Threats On Taiwan
Nato-Led Forces Begin Crackdown On Kosovar Army
World Events — August 1999
Time Person of the Year — 1999
On the radio
Billboard Charts — August 10, 1999
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1998–99 Season
Emmy Winners — 1999
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — August 10, 1999
Ebert 4-Star Films — August 10, 1999
On the field
Sports Champions — August 10, 1999
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