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Saturday, July 27, 1996
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The Headlines
SCORES ARE HURT IN AN EXPLOSION AT OLYMPIC PARK
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow
Toni Braxton
#1 at the box office
A Time to Kill
$14,823,159
The must-have
Tickle Me Elmo
On This Day
In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Marek Hamšík (1987)
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
10,906 days ago
(29 years, 321 days)