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On the date
Saturday, November 15, 1997
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The Headlines
INSIDE: Arts & Ideas
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Candle in the Wind 1997" /"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"
Elton John
#1 at the box office
The Jackal
$15,164,595
The must-have
Tamagotchi
You Share a Birthday With
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862)
- William Herschel (1738)
- Erwin Rommel (1891)
- Mahmoud Abbas (1935)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887)
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
10,429 days ago
(28 years, 209 days)