From the day
On the date
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
Shoestring Opera Evokes Nero’s Rome, on Bleecker
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
The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jimmy Wales (1966)
- Charlize Theron (1975)
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Yun Hyon-seok (1984)
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
6,511 days ago
(17 years, 306 days)