Do you remember 1999? Ricky Martin’s “Livin La Vida Loca” topped the charts, we were scared of the Blair Witch, and Google officially launched.
To celebrate, Google Trends opened its time capsule to see which fads were titanic in 1999. According to the report, adults were watching “The Matrix” and “The Sopranos” while kids were into “Toy Story 2” and “Teletubbies.” People also used the search engine to learn about David Beckham or evaluate their Pokémon cards, and searches for hot sauce set the web ablaze.
Livin La Vida Local
Want to know what life was like in the Horse Capital of the World? We dug up some data to help us remember the final year of the 20th century — thanks to some help from a 25-year-old search engine.
To explore our local time capsule, we used the 25-year-old search engine to take a glimpse at life in Lexington at the turn of the millennium.
The stats
- Median family income: $48,800
- City’s population: 243,785
- Estimated cost to buy a home: $153,392 (prices have increased 121.8%)
- Average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Kentucky: $0.763
The headlines:
- Amazon added a distribution center to Lexington.
- The city adopted the Fairness Ordinance, which added LGBTQ+ protections.
Who was performing:
- The Backstreet Boys performed their “Into the Millennium Tour” at Rupp Arena.
- In eve more boyband mania, 98 Degrees made a Rupp Arena stop for their “Heat It Up Tour.”
