December 5, 1999, was a Sunday. It was 24 years, 11 months, and 16 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.
Songs that were on top of the charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on December 5, 1999:
These were the top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart:
The movie "World Is Not Enough" was at the top of the box office on December 5, 1999.
This date occurred 9,118 days ago. Approximately 304 months have passed. It was the 339th day of 1999, in week 48. The decade was the nineties. There were only 26 days left in the year. People who were born on December 5, 1999, are now 24 years old and belong to the Gen-Z generation. The Earth has experienced 101 seasons of weather since then.
Let's take a stroll down memory lane.
The date is December 5, 1999, and it's a Sunday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Sagittarius. People are currently enjoying their weekend. However, because it's a Sunday, some are dreading the week ahead.
The Christmas season of 1999 has begun. In America, the song "Smooth" by Santana & Rob Thomas is at the top of the singles charts, while "King Of My Castle" by Wamdue Project is the number-one song in the UK. Bill Clinton is the President of the United States, and the movie World Is Not Enough is at the top of the box office.
Tony Blair is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Friends", "JAG", "King of the Hill", and "The Sopranos". The CD is quickly becoming the dominant format for music, and people are buying portable players such as the "Discman". Consequently, sales of cassette tapes are continuing to decline.
In fashion, bright and metallic colors are all the rage—a big change from the darker "grunge" colors of the early 1990s. Women are wearing maxi skirts, bell bottoms, knee boots, crop tops, tube tops, slip dresses, maxi coats, and platform shoes. Meanwhile, a lot of men have ditched their grunge and skater clothes in favor of a "dress casual" look. They are also beginning to cut their hair shorter. A relatively new form of communication called "text messaging" is becoming more widespread. Although the technology has been around since the mid-1990s, it was only recently that cell providers allowed users to send SMS messages to people on different networks. It's 1999, so radio stations are being dominated by the likes of Cher, TLC, Monica, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Santana and Ricky Martin.
The Nokia 3210 is currently one of the most popular cellphones on the market. Pokemon has become one of the most popular franchises in the world, as trading cards, toys and handheld games gross over one billion dollars. As the millennium draws to a close, people are worried about the implications of the Y2K bug.
If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Big Pun, Jim Varney, Tom Landry, and David Tomlinson would all still be alive. People are playing video games such as "Resident Evil 2", "Syphon Filter", "SimCity 3000", and "Street Fighter Alpha 3". Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Art Attack", "Arthur", "Batman Beyond", and "SpongeBob SquarePants".
Children are playing with toys such as the Nintendo 64, Bop It, Groovy Girls, and Rescue Heroes figures.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on December 5, 1999.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around December 5, 1999.
Television shows that people were watching in December 1999:
1999 saw the introduction of cars such as the Toyota Yaris, the Volkswagen Bora, the Ford Taurus (fourth generation), the BMW X5, the Opel Zafira, and the Honda Insight.
Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:
Children were playing with the following toys and games:
Popular video games that people were playing in December 1999.
If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1999.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out December 5, 2005, instead.
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Bill Clinton was the President of the United States on December 5, 1999.
Tony Blair was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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