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On the date

Thursday, January 9, 1997

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The slush of mid-January grinds under the tires of idling taxis, syncopated by the bass of Toni Braxton’s voice bleeding out of every electronics shop on the block. I squint through my viewfinder, framing a businessman in a heavy wool coat who is scowling at a newsstand headline about calls for cuts in State Capitals. He’s clutching a briefcase in one hand and a beeping Tamagotchi in the other, a truly sweet contrast of corporate grit and digital plastic. The neon glow of a movie poster for *The Relic* reflects in the puddles, shimmering against the gray concrete as the city hums with the static of a new year.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Un-Break My Heart

Toni Braxton

The must-have

Tamagotchi

On This Day

  • Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1997

  • I'm king of the world!
  • Oh my God, they killed Kenny!

Tech Check

Wi-Fi (802.11), Netflix (DVD Rental) & Toyota Prius (Hybrid).

Cost of Living (1995)

Loaf of Bread

$0.79

Gallon of Gas

$1.15

Average Home

$133,900

New Car

$18,200

Time Elapsed

10,739 days ago

(29 years, 154 days)