Tuesday, August 15, 1995

From the day

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The Headlines

Calming Stormy Seas With New Kinds of Ship Hulls

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Waterfalls

TLC

#1 at the box office

$23,283,887

The must-have

Pogs

On This Day

• In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).

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• Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Napoleon (1769)
• Walter Scott (1771)
• Jennifer Lawrence (1990)
• Ben Affleck (1972)
• Louis de Broglie (1892)

Slang

Tech Check

Windows 95, DVD Format, Java & eBay.

Style of 1995

Silhouette: Preppy and minimalist (Clueless)

Material: Plaid and satin

• Slip dresses
• Knee-high socks
• Tiny backpacks

Cost of Living (1995)