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On the date
Sunday, September 21, 1997
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The Headlines
The Lobbyist; Is Richard Lipsky Battling for the Little Guy? Or Is He Just Gumming Up the Works
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Honey
Mariah Carey
#1 at the box office
In & Out
$15,019,821
The must-have
Tamagotchi
On This Day
St. Olaf's Church, a stone church from the 16th century in Tyrvää, Finland, is burnt down by a burglar.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Shinzo Abe (1954)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Stephen King (1947)
- Leonard Cohen (1934)
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
10,484 days ago
(28 years, 264 days)