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On the date
Friday, August 23, 1996
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The Headlines
Chase Forms Venture Fund With Softbank
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix)
Los del Río
#1 at the box office
The Island of Dr. Moreau
$9,101,987
The must-have
Tickle Me Elmo
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis XVI (1754)
- Kobe Bryant (1978)
- Edgar de Wahl (1867)
- Georges Cuvier (1769)
- Gene Kelly (1912)
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
10,878 days ago
(29 years, 293 days)