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Monday, December 19, 2005
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The Headlines
AOL's Choice of Google Leaves Microsoft as the Outsider
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Run It!
Chris Brown
#1 at the box office
King Kong
$21,259,320
The must-have
Xbox 360
On This Day
A passenger train from Sucha Beskidzka to Żywiec in Poland loses its brakes while on a steep downhill part of the route. It is stopped in a controlled collision in Świnna by a train travelling in opposite direction. 2 drivers and 6 passengers are injured.
Wikipedia →Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101 crashes into the Government Cut channel immediately after takeoff from Miami Seaplane Base, killing 20.
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
sketchypeepsnewbie
Text Speak
brblolomgrofltmi
Emo
rawrsqueescene
Reality Tv
you're firedthe tribe has spoken
Tech Check
YouTube, Google Maps & Xbox 360.
Style of 2005
Silhouette: Boho-chic and layered
Material: Chiffon and denim
- Ugg boots
- Oversized sunglasses
- Skinny jeans
Cost of Living (2005)
Loaf of Bread
$1.12
Gallon of Gas
$2.27
Average Home
$240,900
New Car
$24,350
Time Elapsed
7,473 days ago
(20 years, 173 days)