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On the date
Saturday, December 11, 1999
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The Headlines
Where Green Trumps Black and White; In Harlem's Business Boom, Victors and Victims Come in All Races
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Smooth
Santana featuring Rob Thomas
#1 at the box office
Toy Story 2
$18,249,880
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
On This Day
SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
9,673 days ago
(26 years, 183 days)