We like to make you feel really old from time to time here at Her.ie towers but when we realised yesterday that the Spice Girls released Wannabe this week back in 1996. That make you feel old? Wait until you get a load of this other stuff…
1. Wexford won the All Ireland Hurling Final
2. The Macarena was released
And so began years of bad dancing.
3. Independence Day was released
Just to reconfirm that, 18 years ago. 18.
4. Michelle Smith took the Gold Medal at the Olympics
And nothing happened after that.
5. Michael Jackson divorced Lisa Marie Presley
Certainly one of the stranger high-profile celebrity marriages.
6. Braveheart won Best Picture at the Oscars
But they will never take our freedom!
7. Abigail Breslin was born.
Yes, born.
8. Angela’s Ashes was published.
The memoir by Frank McCourt was one of the most popular releases of the decade.
9. Ella Fitzgerald died.
Arguably one of the greatest vocalists of all time passed away.
10. The Voice won the Eurovision.
No, not the TV programme.
11. TG4 was launched
As Gaelige, le do thoil!
12. Dolly the Sheep was born
The first cloned animal!
13. 2Pac was murdered
15. The Fugees Released “Killing Me Softly”
Who had this on tape?
15. These shows all aired for the first time in 1996
Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Kenan and Kell, Judge Judy, Third Rock from the Sun and 7th Heaven.
16. Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce
Stripped of her “HRH” title, Diana and Charles went their separate ways.
17. Take That Split
Never forget!
