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On the date
Saturday, May 1, 1999
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The Headlines
Long-Distance Ties That Bind; Kosovar Albanians in U.S. Ready to Welcome Relatives
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
No Scrubs
TLC
#1 at the box office
Entrapment
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
On This Day
The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Leonardo Bonucci (1987)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
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
9,897 days ago
(27 years, 42 days)