From the day
On the date
Monday, December 22, 2008
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The Headlines
Jets’ Latest Failure Puts a Chill in Playoff Hopes
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Beyoncé
#1 at the box office
Marley & Me
$36,357,586
The must-have
Wall-E Animatronic
On This Day
An ash dike ruptures at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Basshunter (1984)
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
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
6,374 days ago
(17 years, 169 days)