From the day
On the date
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
Art Down the Mississippi. At Least, That’s the Plan.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Promiscuous
Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland
#1 at the box office
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
$22,126,226
The must-have
Nintendo Wii
On This Day
At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Whitney Houston (1963)
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Gillian Anderson (1968)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
sketchypeepsnewbie
Text Speak
brblolomgrofltmi
Emo
rawrsqueescene
Reality Tv
you're firedthe tribe has spoken
Tech Check
Twitter, Nintendo Wii & AWS (Cloud Computing).
Cost of Living (2005)
Loaf of Bread
$1.12
Gallon of Gas
$2.27
Average Home
$240,900
New Car
$24,350
Time Elapsed
7,240 days ago
(19 years, 305 days)