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Friday, November 19, 1999
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The Headlines
Caspian Lands Back a Pipeline Pushed by West
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Smooth
Santana featuring Rob Thomas
#1 at the box office
The World Is Not Enough
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
On This Day
Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
Wikipedia →John Carpenter becomes the first person to win the top prize in the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Indira Gandhi (1917)
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Jodie Foster (1962)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
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
9,695 days ago
(26 years, 205 days)