From the day
On the date
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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The Headlines
With Their Hitters Digging in, Yankees Push for the Playoffs
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Disturbia
Rihanna
#1 at the box office
Tropic Thunder
$11,518,611
The must-have
Wall-E Animatronic
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Chris Pine (1980)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
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
6,492 days ago
(17 years, 287 days)