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On the date
Wednesday, May 12, 1999
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The Headlines
4 Deaths, 4 Places, One Problem: An Increase in the Use of Heroin
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Livin' la Vida Loca
Ricky Martin
#1 at the box office
The Mummy
$24,856,320
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Rishi Sunak (1980)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
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
9,886 days ago
(27 years, 31 days)