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Sunday, July 12, 1998
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The Headlines
Furious Fabricators of a Faust for the Digital Age
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Boy Is Mine
Brandy and Monica
#1 at the box office
Lethal Weapon 4
The must-have
Furby
On This Day
France win their first World Cup title, defeating defending champions Brazil 3–0.
Wikipedia →The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Malala Yousafzai (1997)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- James Rodríguez (1991)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
Tech Check
Google Search, iMac G3 & MP3 Player (Rio).
Cost of Living (1995)
Loaf of Bread
$0.79
Gallon of Gas
$1.15
Average Home
$133,900
New Car
$18,200
Time Elapsed
10,190 days ago
(27 years, 335 days)