From the day
On the date
Friday, January 17, 1997
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The Headlines
Heating Oil Prices May Fall
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Un-Break My Heart
Toni Braxton
#1 at the box office
Beverly Hills Ninja
$12,220,920
The must-have
Tamagotchi
On This Day
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- Michelle Obama (1964)
- Jim Carrey (1962)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
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
10,731 days ago
(29 years, 146 days)