From the day
On the date
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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The Headlines
Lacerated Spleen Sidelines Avery
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Lollipop
Lil Wayne featuring Static Major
#1 at the box office
Iron Man
$98,618,668
The must-have
Wall-E Animatronic
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Leonardo Bonucci (1987)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
sketchypeepsnewbie
Text Speak
brblolomgrofltmi
Emo
rawrsqueescene
Reality Tv
you're firedthe tribe has spoken
Tech Check
App Store, Android (Release), Spotify & Chrome.
Cost of Living (2008)
Loaf of Bread
$1.37
Gallon of Gas
$3.27
Average Home
$229,600
New Car
$25,200
Meanwhile
- The Great Recession — Housing market crash; Lehman Brothers collapse (2008-09-15).
Time Elapsed
6,609 days ago
(18 years, 39 days)