From the day
On the date
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop.
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Kissed a Girl
Katy Perry
#1 at the box office
Tropic Thunder
$25,812,796
The must-have
Wall-E Animatronic
On This Day
The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Madonna (1958)
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- James Cameron (1954)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
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
6,502 days ago
(17 years, 297 days)