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On the date
Monday, October 8, 2001
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The Headlines
Attacking Afghanistan
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Fallin'
Alicia Keys
#1 at the box office
Training Day
$13,386,457
The must-have
Bratz Dolls
On This Day
A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
Wikipedia →U.S. president George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sigourney Weaver (1949)
- Ursula von der Leyen (1958)
- Matt Damon (1970)
- Bruno Mars (1985)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
sketchypeepsnewbie
Text Speak
brblolomgrofltmi
Emo
rawrsqueescene
Reality Tv
you're firedthe tribe has spoken
Tech Check
iPod, Wikipedia, Windows XP & Xbox.
Cost of Living (2000)
Loaf of Bread
$1.03
Gallon of Gas
$1.51
Average Home
$165,300
New Car
$21,850
Meanwhile
- The Dot-Com Bubble — Collapse of tech stocks and 9/11 attacks.
Time Elapsed
9,006 days ago
(24 years, 246 days)