🧠 Inventions of 1999
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Smartphone Platform
2 
Wi-Fi Standard Expansion (802.11b)
3 
Online Payment Platform
4 
Search Engine Advertising Model
5 
MP3 Player Ecosystem
6 
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
7 
Digital Video Recorder (DVR)
8 
Voice over IP Services
9 
Location-Based Services
10 
Online Gaming Platforms
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON August 23, 1999
Full News Archive
- Headline: Tartuffe Shines in Central Park. Impact: Ben Brantley's scathing review of Tartuffe sparked a trend of theatergoers bringing tomatoes to shows, leading to the establishment of the 'Tomato Theatre Awards' where bad performances are met with literal rotten fruit.. Fact: Did you know that Molière, the playwright behind Tartuffe, was so ahead of his time that he effectively invented the concept of the 'drama queen' long before reality TV made it mainstream?.
- Headline: Toms River Dominates Little League Opener. Impact: Toms River's victory created a chain reaction resulting in an influx of Little League parents becoming overly competitive, leading to the infamous 'Gold Medal Gatorade Incident' of 2005, where parents started endorsing energy drinks for 8-year-olds.. Fact: Did you know that Little League players are the only athletes who can legally negotiate their contracts with the threat of withholding dessert?.
- Headline: Dismissed Before Reaching Court, Flawed Arrests Rise in New York. Impact: The rise in flawed arrests led to the creation of a new reality TV show titled 'Caught on Camera: Wrong Place, Wrong Time', which inadvertently glorified wrongful arrests and made criminals out of innocent bystanders, leading to a society where everyone is a suspect.. Fact: Did you know that 'flawed arrests' is just a fancy way of saying 'oops, my bad'? In New York, that happens more often than you'd think, especially when coffee is involved..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1999, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #2
AAPL
Apple
Price in 1999
$0.31
Value in 2025
$880,068
Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 1999, it would be worth $880,068 today (880.1x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
Batman: Harley Quinn #1
$35.00
The Authority #1
$75
Planetary #1
$1,200
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace #1
$200
Bluntman and Chronic #1
$15
🧸 Top 5 Toys
LEGO Star Wars Sets
$150.00
Pokemon Trading Card Game
$150.00
Furby
$30.00
Razor Scooter
$150.00
Beyblade
$700.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Super Smash Bros.
$500.00
Silent Hill
$147.48
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
$750.00
Final Fantasy VIII
$200.00
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
$200.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1999 Pokémon Base Set 1st Edition Charizard Holo #4
$1,655
1999 Bandai Dragon Ball Z Japanese Prism Card #PP-06 (Son Goku Super Saiyan)
Unknown
1999 Sports Illustrated for Kids Tiger Woods #536
$20,400
1999 Wizards of the Coast Magic: The Gathering 'Urza's Legacy' Foil Grim Monolith
$250
1999 Pokémon Japanese Promo Tropical Mega Battle Tropical Wind
$65,100