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Saturday, March 22, 1997
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The Headlines
New Yeltsin, Old Problem
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
Puff Daddy featuring Mase
#1 at the box office
Liar Liar
$31,423,025
The must-have
Tamagotchi
On This Day
Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
Wikipedia →Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Reese Witherspoon (1976)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
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
10,667 days ago
(29 years, 82 days)