The US population exceeds 265,000,000. Bill Clinton, the first Democrat in a dozen years, became President. The US went to war with Iraq. We're a little worried that the world will collapse at the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2000. Everyone is watching Pulp Fiction and listening to grunge or hip hop. Everyone wants to start an Internet business.
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Ronald Regan was president, the Cold War ended. Americans were afraid to take Tylenol and rejected the New Coke. Everyone is watching Saturday Night Live, David Letterman, MTV and The Cosby Show. We're not watching MASH anymore. Everyone is listening to Michael Jackson, Madonna and the latest invasion of the Brits: New Wave. 
Nixon was elected President (and later impeached). Everyone is listening to Simon and Garfunkel, American Pie, James Taylor, Carole King and the newest dance sensation... disco! Everyone is watching Three's Company, All in the Family, Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley.
The Depression ends, World War II begins and ends - and the Cold War begins. Frank Sinatra is a rising star and everyone is watching Casablanca and A Miracle on 34th Street. As this decade ends, 125,000 American homes have a television set.
The first radio station was launched - and the birth of broadcasting. Babe Ruth was sold to the New York Yankees, everyone was doing The Charleston and reading the newest magazines: Time, Reader's Digest and The New Yorker. Hollywood bloomed with its first talkies and its first animated cartoon (featuring new star Mickey Mouse). 
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