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Here Are A Bunch Of Things You Won't Believe Happened 20 Years Ago
1. "SpongeBob SquarePants"premiered . . . while"Doug"and"The Nanny"ended their runs.
2. The big movies included"Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace", Disney's"Tarzan","American Pie","The Sixth Sense", and"The Blair Witch Project".
3. WILL SMITHperformed"Wild Wild West"at the"VMAs".
4. Napsterlaunched.
5. GEORGE W. BUSHannounced he was running for president.
6. JOHN F. KENNEDY JR., his wife, and her sister died in a plane crash.
7. "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"debuted on ABC.
8. LIT's"My Own Worst Enemy"and theRED HOT CHILI PEPPERS'"Scar Tissue"dominated alternative rock radio.
9. "I Want it That Way"was the biggest hit on MTV's"TRL", but it faced stiff competition from'N SYNC's"I Drive Myself Crazy".
10. Other big songs of the summer wereCHRISTINA AGUILERA's"Genie in a Bottle",DESTINY'S CHILD's"Bills, Bills, Bills", andJ-LO'sdebut single"If You Had My Love".