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Friday, August 2, 1996
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The Headlines
Moynihan's Dark Days
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix)
Los del Río
#1 at the box office
A Time to Kill
$13,262,934
The must-have
Tickle Me Elmo
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- JD Vance (1984)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
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
10,899 days ago
(29 years, 314 days)