This week on V100’s Throwback Thursday we travel to 1999 when Futurama debuted on FOX, Napster made its debut and Grand Theft Auto 2 was released.

Movies such as Fight Club, The Matrix, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, The Mummy and The Blair Witch Project were all in theaters.

The Foo Fighters, Chris Cornell, Stone Temple Pilots and Bush all released new music.

The euro was used for the first time on January 1st.

In March, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic all joined NATO.

Bill Gates became the wealthiest man in the world based on his stock from Microsoft.

Wayne Gretzky retired from the NHL.

In 1999 we also lost a lot of “greats” including Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennerdy J., George C. Scott and Wilt Chamberlain.