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On the date
Monday, August 30, 1999
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The Headlines
You May Get What You Wish For, but Then . . .; A Cultural Center Finds That a Basketball Star's $5 Million Gift Brings Daunting New Pressures
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bailamos
Enrique Iglesias
#1 at the box office
The Sixth Sense
$22,896,967
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Alexander Lukashenko (1954)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Cameron Diaz (1972)
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
9,776 days ago
(26 years, 286 days)