From the day
On the date
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
In the Summer Kitchen, the Thrill of the Chill
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Kissed a Girl
Katy Perry
#1 at the box office
The Dark Knight †
$26,117,030
The must-have
Wall-E Animatronic
On This Day
A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Robin van Persie (1983)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
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
6,512 days ago
(17 years, 307 days)