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Then... ... And Now
Maine's governor John McKernan Janet Mills
Maine's U.S. Senators George Mitchell and William S. Cohen Angus King and Susan Collins
Maine's population 1.2 million 1.3 million
Acadia National Park 2.7 million visitors 3.5 million visitors in 2018
Portland's East End Home to dilapidated houses and vacant lots Headquarters to Tilson, WEX and Covetrus; $1 million condos
International trade NAFTA is passed Trade tariffs
Forever war War in Bosnia Herzegovina Global war on terrorism
Computing Apple releases its first Power Macintosh Apple has released 18 versions of the iPhone
Car tunes Your car has a cassette player You use Bluetooth to connect to a playlist on your iPhone
Online retail Jeff Bezos founded Amazon Amazon Prime just dropped a package on your doorstep
Music festivals The 25th anniversary of Woodstock is held in Saugerties, N.Y. The 50th anniversary concert is planned for this summer
Football Robert Kraft bought the New England Patriots 25 years later, the Pats have won five Super Bowls.
Baseball The World Series is cancelled because of a work stoppage Manny Machado and Bryce Harper sign contracts worth more
than $300 million apiece
