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On the date

Monday, April 12, 1999

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The glare from a passing sedan catches the chrome of a businessman’s BlackBerry as he marches past a newsstand, his power suit sharp against the gritty sidewalk. I frame a shot of a teenager in baggy cargo pants leaning over a stack of Pokémon cards, the neon glow of the corner deli flickering over a sign advertising a loaf of bread for **$0.79**, a price that feels like the last relic of the old world. Everything is moving faster now, vibrating with the static of the **information superhighway** while TLC’s "No Scrubs" blares from a distant car window. I click the shutter on a political poster of Whitman, capturing a moment trapped between the looming digital future and the analog dust of a Manhattan Monday.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

No Scrubs

TLC

#1 at the box office

Life

The must-have

Pokémon Cards

On This Day

  • United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.

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  • During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an American McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle shoots a passenger train, killing between 20 and 60 people.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1999

  • I see dead people
  • The first rule of Fight Club

Tech Check

Napster, BlackBerry, Bluetooth & Wi-Fi (Apple AirPort).

Cost of Living (1995)

Loaf of Bread

$0.79

Gallon of Gas

$1.15

Average Home

$133,900

New Car

$18,200

Time Elapsed

9,916 days ago

(27 years, 61 days)