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HTML

<li><a data-year="2001" class="fetch_records years_active"> 2001 </a> </li>
<li><a data-year="2002" class="fetch_records"> 2002 </a> </li>
<li><a data-year="2003" class="fetch_records"> 2003 </a> </li>

CSS

.fetch_records {
    background: #EEE;
}
.years_active {
    background: #F00;
    color: #FFF;
}

JavaScript

$('.fetch_records').click(function (e) {
    $('.fetch_records').removeClass('years_active');
    $(this).addClass('years_active');
    e.preventDefault();
});