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On the date
Sunday, August 29, 1999
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The Headlines
MUSIC; Composing the Words That Might Capture Jazz
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bailamos
Enrique Iglesias
#1 at the box office
The Sixth Sense
$20,099,149
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
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
9,777 days ago
(26 years, 287 days)