From the day
On the date
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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The Headlines
Street Known for Drug Crime Is Getting Clean
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Just Dance
Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis
#1 at the box office
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
The must-have
Zhu Zhu Pets
On This Day
US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
sketchypeepsnewbie
Text Speak
brblolomgrofltmi
Emo
rawrsqueescene
Reality Tv
you're firedthe tribe has spoken
Tech Check
Bitcoin, WhatsApp, Uber & Windows 7.
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
6,350 days ago
(17 years, 145 days)