On the date

Sunday, December 8, 1996

From the day

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The Headlines

The Striped-Pants Crowd Gets Gumshoes

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Toni Braxton

#1 at the box office

$13,944,053

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1996

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

10,771 days ago

(29 years, 186 days)