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On the date
Saturday, October 12, 1996
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The Headlines
INSIDE
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 Ghost and the Darkness
$9,215,063
The must-have
Tickle Me Elmo
On This Day
New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Hugh Jackman (1968)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
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
10,828 days ago
(29 years, 243 days)