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Friday, February 9, 1996
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The Headlines
Art and Science United in Amber
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
One Sweet Day
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
#1 at the box office
Broken Arrow
$15,583,510
The must-have
Tickle Me Elmo
On This Day
Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
Wikipedia →The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
Tech Check
Hotmail, Nintendo 64, USB & Palm Pilot.
Cost of Living (1995)
Loaf of Bread
$0.79
Gallon of Gas
$1.15
Average Home
$133,900
New Car
$18,200
Time Elapsed
11,074 days ago
(30 years, 124 days)