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Tuesday, May 21, 1996
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The Headlines
NEW JERSEY DAILY BRIEFING;School Strip-Search Bill Gains
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tha Crossroads
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
#1 at the box office
Mission: Impossible
$45,436,830
The must-have
Tickle Me Elmo
On This Day
The seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine that were abducted on March 27 are killed under uncertain circumstances.
Wikipedia →The ferry MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Mary Robinson (1944)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
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
10,972 days ago
(30 years, 22 days)