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Friday, February 16, 1996
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The Headlines
POLITICS: THE SPOUSES Wives of the 1996 Candidates Are Also Targets of Scrutiny
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
$11,704,778
The must-have
Tickle Me Elmo
On This Day
A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Kim Jong Il (1941)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Elizabeth Olsen (1989)
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
11,067 days ago
(30 years, 117 days)