From the day
On the date
Monday, May 18, 2009
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
For Wired, a Revival Lacks Ads
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Boom Boom Pow"
The Black Eyed Peas
#1 at the box office
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The must-have
Zhu Zhu Pets
On This Day
The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
6,227 days ago
(17 years, 22 days)