From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 19, 1999
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
Y2K Hooray/Y2K No Way; When the Fireballer Throws a Party
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Smooth
Santana featuring Rob Thomas
#1 at the box office
Stuart Little
The must-have
Pokémon Cards
On This Day
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-103, the third Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Karim Benzema (1987)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Pratibha Patil (1934)
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
9,666 days ago
(26 years, 176 days)