Friday, February 9, 1996

From the day

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The Headlines

Art and Science United in Amber

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

One Sweet Day

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

#1 at the box office

$15,583,510

The must-have

Tickle Me Elmo

On This Day

• Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.

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• 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.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Henry Harrison (1773)
• Thomas Paine (1737)
• J. M. Coetzee (1940)
• Alice Walker (1944)
• Joseph Stiglitz (1943)

Slang

Tech Check

Hotmail, Nintendo 64, USB & Palm Pilot.

Cost of Living (1995)