General OFAC Information and Guidance. OFAC administers a number of different sanctions programs. The sanctions can be either comprehensive or selective, using the blocking of assets and trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals.
Beta was the first popular home video system. There was U-matic video tape before that. Also, of the more popular formats, Beta came first, the following year (1976) VHS came out, and Laser Discs two years after that. It took Beta and VHS to make home video popular.
June 1997: Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) is released in the U.S. and quickly climbs to number 2 on the charts. August 1997: The Boys release their first U.S. album Backstreet Boys. The album would go on to sell nearly nine million copies in the U.S.A. and become the number 3 album of the year. Everybody (Backstreets Back) is released to the rest of the world and quickly begins a steady climb up the charts everywhere.