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On the date
Saturday, August 28, 1999
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The Headlines
About New York; If a Judge Gets Out of Line: Seeking a Cure
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Genie in a Bottle
Christina Aguilera
#1 at the box office
The Sixth Sense
$20,099,149
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
On This Day
The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Jack Black (1969)
- Shania Twain (1965)
- David Fincher (1962)
- Ivo Josipović (1957)
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
9,778 days ago
(26 years, 288 days)