Do you remember what was going on 10, 20 and 30 years ago this week?
At the Movies
The week of July 24, 2009
The family action comedy “G-Force,” about a team of secret agent guinea pigs who save the world, opened at No. 1, knocking which installment of the Harry Potter franchise down into second place?
On the Charts
The week of July 24, 1999
Will Smith topped the Billboard Hot 100 again with this song from a film soundtrack that samples Stevie Wonder and Kool Moe Dee.
In the News
July 26, 1989
A computer science graduate student at Cornell was the first person to be indicted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. What was the name of the program he created, now considered the first computer worm?
Find the answers after the bonkers trailer for “G-Force,” which seems like an SNL parody trailer but is, in fact, for a real movie that made $292 million in worldwide box office and features a cast including Bill Nighy, Steve Buscemi and Zach Galifianakis.
Answers:
At the movies: “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”
On the Charts: “Wild Wild West”
In the News: Morris Worm