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Busch Gardens, Virginia, open their new rollercoaster, Apollo’s Chariot. Supermodel Fabio dedicates the coaster with its inaugural ride, but he is hit in the face with a goose, causing an ugly spectacle. “This wasn’t an accident, and it’s going to happen again,” he says.

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Transgender activist Jonathan Andrew releases a new flag for the Transgender community on online forum “Adventures in Boyland.”

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NATO forces begin bombing Yugoslavia. Belgrade erupts in flames.

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[Fourth-Wall Break] [Fun Fact] This, somehow, remains the only recorded instance in history where a person has been hit by a goose on a rollercoaster.

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Joseph Malta, an American hangman who executed 60 Nazi government and military leaders after the Nuremberg Trials, dies in Massachusetts. He was 80. “It was a pleasure doing it,” he said in a 1996 interview.

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@GonnaKerm Wait two years, five months, and 12 days like everyone else

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HAPPY 1999

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(The interview with Fabio where he explains what he means)

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In Phnom Penh, three Cambodian men seeking to prove their machismo put a live mine under their bar table and stomp on it whenever they take a shot of alcohol. To nobody’s surprise the mine explodes, killing them all.

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An Iranian girl drinks a cup of tea as she works in Tehran's first Internet cafe, which opened last month.

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On Good Friday, women take strollers out for a walk in New York City, which hit an unseasonably-warm 75° F (24° C) today.

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‘Futurama,’ a new adult animated comedy created by Simpsons creator Matt Groening, premieres on Fox.

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Brownie Mary, American marijuana activist known for baking and distributing pot brownies in AIDS wards in the early 1990s, dies in San Francisco. She was 76.

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The Euro is officially adopted as the currency of eleven European countries, whose old currencies become defunct. Welcome to a new financial system: Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Portugal, and Finland!

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[Fourth-Wall Break] This concludes today’s live coverage of the Columbine shooting. Thank you all for your patience in following along. Regular coverage resumes tomorrow. Today’s reporting was met with a surprising amount of anger and division. I hope you can all understand

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Senator Joseph R. Biden, (D-DE), walking through the underground passages beneath Capitol Hill on the way to a Bill Clinton impeachment hearing.

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At the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, an eight-minute episode of a new show, ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ airs. Kids go crazy for it, but they won’t get to see the full series until July 17.

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The Matrix, a science fiction film starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne, premieres in theaters.

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Newt Gingrich resigns as Speaker of the House due to unpopularity following the Clinton impeachment scandal.

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Why is this the most-popular tweet in the history of the account what have you done

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A new crime drama show, “The Sopranos” premieres on HBO.

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President Clinton addresses the American public on television to explain why bombing Yugoslavia is necessary. A crowd of demonstrators gather outside the White House to protest the policy.

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[Fourth-Wall Break] As many of you know, tomorrow is a major historical event. Typically during these types of events, which occur about twice each year with these live history accounts, the account covers the event, and only the event, live. However, this one is of a sensitive

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For the first time in history, a stealth bomber is shot down. An American F-117 Nighthawk is shot down by Serbian antiaircraft batteries over Yugoslavia. Locals dance in joy atop the wreckage.

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Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist who first deciphered the Maya language (in 1952; he named his cat as a co-author in the study), dies in St. Petersburg. He was 76.

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Independent game developer Chris Sawyer and Hasbro Games release a new computer game for Microsoft, RollerCoaster Tycoon. The game allows players to build their own simulated amusement parks.

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The Italian island of Sardinia adopts a new flag:

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A “Peace on Earth” sign is installed at the foot of the World Trade Center to celebrate the Christmas season.

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American rock band Smash Mouth releases its second album, Astro Lounge. The fifth track is a song called “All Star,” and fans love it.

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Canadian clinical psychologist and author Jordan Peterson publishes a psychological book, Maps of Meaning.

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The Columbine high school shooters are now in the library. They are heard ordering all “jocks” to stand up and identify themselves, then shooting anyone who stands. At least five people are confirmed dead now. “We’re gonna blow up the school,” says one shooter. “Everyone is

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Supermodel Heidi Klum browsing the Victoria's Secret website at the Cyber Space cafe in New York City.

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96-year-old incumbent Senator Strom Thurmond steps down as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, but he will continue to serve as Senator.

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Aboard British Airways Flight 56, from Johannesburg to London, a 36-year-old passenger watches hardcore pornography on his laptop, without headphones. When a flight attendant asks him to stop, he launches into a violent rampage, injuring three crewmembers as he attempts to open

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PepsiCo releases a videogame, Pepsiman, for the PlayStation console. The game is only available in Japan as of now.

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Dennis Hastert (R-IL) becomes Speaker of the House of Representatives, replacing Newt Gingrich.

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The first descendant of a Kosovo Albanian refugee is born in U.S. soil. 21-year-old Lebibe Karaliju, who was nine months pregnant when she landed here last week, gave birth yesterday at Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, New Jersey. The boy’s name is “Amerikan,” and he is an

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Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) holds a copy of the popular computer game “Doom” during a discussion on violence in American schools on Fox News. Many parents believe that video games like “Doom” have caused kids to have violent thoughts.

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Disney issues an emergency recall of 3.4 million VHS copies of the film “The Rescuers” because of a scene in which a topless woman appears for three frames.

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On live television, talk show host Rosie O’Donnell says: “I don’t think you should be allowed to own a gun, and if you currently own a gun, I think you should go to prison.”

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The bombings are occurring in response to repeated and egregious violations of international law by Serbian forces.

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A Turkish court deposes Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Mayor of Istanbul.

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The Taliban report that Osama Bin Laden is missing, and they cannot track him down.

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On the campus of Michigan State University, 5-10,000 students riot following the loss of MSU’s basketball team in March Madness. There are $500,000 in damages and 132 students are arrested.

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While attempting to light a campfire, 64-year-old English businessman John Lewis accidentally pours gasoline on himself and lights himself on fire. In an effort to extinguish the flames, he runs over to the River Severn, leaps in, and drowns, as he doesn’t know how to swim.

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The second trailer for the upcoming Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is released. Many fans pay full theater admission just to go watch the trailer. A bootleg is leaked to the Internet and there are 1 million downloads in one day.

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Legendary American film director Stanley Kubrick, famous for films such as Paths of Glory; Spartacus; and The Shining, dies of a heart attack in his sleep in England. He was 70.

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Bill Morgan, an Australian truck driver who miraculously awoke from a catastrophic coma and 14 minutes of clinical death last year, buys a scratch-off lottery ticket in Melbourne and wins a $17,000 car.

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New rapper Eminem releases his LP, ‘The Slim Shady.’

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American poet and illustrator Shel Silverstein dies of a heart attack at home in Key West, Florida. He was 68.

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[Fourth-Wall Break] Amerikan now owns an Italian restaurant in Winfield, Kansas. He was married in 2022.

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For the first time, high school test takers in Australia are able to learn their exam results on the Internet.

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Pro-Palestine protestors burn an Israeli flag in Ramallah, West Bank.

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As police clear Columbine High School, many students remain grievously injured in the library - even three hours after the gunfire began. One student places a sign in the window reading “1 bleeding to death.” Police dismiss it as a ruse by the shooters, who they believe to

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Sierra Mist, a PepsiCo brand aimed at competing against Mountain Dew, Sprite, and 7Up, is introduced in the United States.

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Muslims bow during prayers held at Coney Island, New York City before enjoying the day at the opening of Astroland.

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Yukari Miyashita, an employee of Japan's Sanyo Electric Co., displays its portable global positioning system (GPS) navigation unit in downtown Tokyo. The navigation device, featuring color liquid crystal display and TV tuner, will go on the market this month at a cost of $958.

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Jon Stewart debuts as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, replacing Craig Kilborn. His first guest is Michael J. Fox.

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Vice President and 2000 Presidential hopeful Al Gore claims in an interview that he invented the Internet. “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet,” he says.

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Police have responded to the ongoing shooting at Columbine High School, Colorado as 9-1-1 calls and students flood out of the school. Police and the shooters are exchanging gunfire; at least 100 rounds have been fired. Police are remaining cautious, as there is reported to be

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[Fourth-Wall Break] This is now the second most-viewed tweet in the two-year history of the account.

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NATO forces begin bombing Yugoslavia. Belgrade erupts in flames.

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Star Wars movie fans camp out in front of Manns Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles for the opening of Star Wars Episode I in six weeks. They plan to remain here, out in the open, until they can see the movie on May 19.

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A new children’s nature show, ‘Zoboomafoo,’ premieres on PBS.

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Gaza International Airport opens in Gaza City as the first airport in the Gaza Strip. Yasser Arafat and Bill Clinton cut the ribbon.

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Addendum: through this process I discovered that there are a number of Columbine survivors active on Twitter/X. I debated alerting them of this project but eventually decided against it. However, if you look at some of the names in today’s tweets you will find that many of

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The gunfire and sporadic explosions at Columbine High School has stopped. Many believe that gunmen have killed themselves, but police are using the silence in fire to attempt to engage the assailants. Police and SWAT are entering the building to secure the location and assist

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A new animated children’s show, ‘Ed, Edd n Eddy,’ premieres on Cartoon Network.

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A sign advertising gas prices shows the continued high price for gasoline in San Francisco. San Francisco presently has the highest price of gas per gallon in the country.

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The Prince of Egypt, an animated retelling of the Exodus tale from Dreamworks starring Val Kilmer and Ralph Fiennes, is released in theaters.

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Columbine High School is fully cleared of bombs and declared safe to enter. Soon after this announcement is made, a bomb squad technician accidentally lights a fuse and detonates a pipe bomb laid by Harris and Klebold, but nobody is hurt.

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NATO bombing of Belgrade strikes the landmark Usce Tower, causing a terrifying high-rise blaze that befuddles firefighters.

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British electronic musician Aphex Twin releases a new EP, Windowlicker.

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A lion opens the New York Stock Exchange as a guest.

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The Bundestag holds its first meeting at the Reichstag building in Berlin since 1933.

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I managed to get in touch with Amerikan on Instagram this morning and ask a few questions about how he feels about the anniversary: “We are [very] grateful for all they [The United States] have done for us, and I feel blessed to be an American citizen,” he said.

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David Duzue of Washington D.C. reads the newspaper and enjoys ice cream at Gravelly Point in Arlington, Virginia as a Boeing 727 lands at Ronald Reagan National Airport. The proximity of National Airport to populated areas enables excellent plane-watching opportunities.

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English actor Oliver Reed succumbs to alcoholism while filming the new Ridley Scott film ‘Gladiator’ in Malta. He was 61. Reed was a legendary alcoholic; he once consumed 106 pints of beer in two days. Today, Reed collapsed in a bar while competing with friends to see who

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Two days after the deadly Columbine shooting, 10,000 mourners gather in the parking lot of Columbine High School to commemorate the 13 victims.

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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who is under house arrest near London.

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The new Nokia 3210 cellular phone is released.

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The Irish Punt currency and Luxembourgian Franc become defunct as the nations join the Eurozone.

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Cuban President Fidel Castro triying on a pair of sunglasses as he talks to the media in Havana during the IX Iberoamerican Summit.

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Half-Life, a first-person shooter videogame, is released.

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Iron Eyes Cody, face of the 1970s anti-littering campaign, dies in Los Angeles. He was 94. Cody was born Espera Oscar de Corti; he was not, in fact, Native American, but rather Italian.

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For a stunt, magician David Blaine is buried at the corner of Riverside Drive and W. 68th street in Los Angeles. Blaine plans to remain in his little plexiglass cell, with only water to sustain him, for one week.

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The first “digital video recorder,” TiVo, is launched by the Xperi company. This new technology allows users to record television programs and watch them later.

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[Fourth-Wall Break] Well guys, somehow you made this quick obituary the second most-viewed tweet in this account’s history Wow

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Prince Andrew and Tony Blair sign a pledge to devote the United Kingdom’s efforts to stop cruelty to children.

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George W. Bush is inaugurated for a second term as Governor of Texas.

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Bashar Al-Assad, son of Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad, is made a Colonel in the Syrian Army. It is believed that his ailing father is grooming him to take over the country.

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