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Wednesday, April 14, 1999
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The Headlines
COMMANDER SAYS NATO BOMBS HURT ALL SERB FORCES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
No Scrubs
TLC
#1 at the box office
Life
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
On This Day
NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
Wikipedia →A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- B. R. Ambedkar (1891)
- Averroes (1126)
- Christiaan Huygens (1629)
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889)
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
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
9,914 days ago
(27 years, 59 days)