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Sunday, August 30, 1998

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

Aerosmith

#1 at the box office

Blade

$10,925,976

The must-have

Furby

On This Day

  • Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1998

  • D'oh!
  • Got Milk?

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

10,141 days ago

(27 years, 286 days)