From the day
On the date
Saturday, December 27, 2008
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The Headlines
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’
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
Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches three-week operation on Gaza.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Salman Khan (1965)
- Gérard Depardieu (1948)
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
6,370 days ago
(17 years, 165 days)