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On the date
Wednesday, January 22, 1997
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The Headlines
Prosecutor Reprimanded
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Un-Break My Heart
Toni Braxton
#1 at the box office
Jerry Maguire
$5,518,727
The must-have
Tamagotchi
You Share a Birthday With
- Lord Byron (1788)
- Francis Bacon (1561)
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891)
- August Strindberg (1849)
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
10,726 days ago
(29 years, 141 days)