MAY 15, 1996

WEDNESDAY
1996 Coca-Cola advertising artwork
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1996
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $4,657 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$4.61
Median Home Price$133,040.00
Gas Price Avg$1.37
Bread Price Avg$0.88
Movie Ticket Avg$4.92
First Class Stamp$0.30
Milk Price Avg$3.10
Top Movies From 1996
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1 Twister
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2 The Craft
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The Craft
3 The Truth About Cats & Dogs
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs
4 James and the Giant Peach
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James and the Giant Peach
5 The Birdcage
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The Birdcage
6 Primal Fear
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Primal Fear
7 Toy Story
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Toy Story
8 Die Hard with a Vengeance
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Die Hard with a Vengeance
9 Apollo 13
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Apollo 13
10 Pocahontas
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Pocahontas
From Dusk Till Dawn
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From Dusk Till Dawn
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Bio-Dome
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Bio-Dome
Dunston Checks In
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Dunston Checks In
Happy Gilmore
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Happy Gilmore
Broken Arrow
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Broken Arrow
Black Sheep
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Black Sheep
Muppet Treasure Island
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Muppet Treasure Island
The Juror
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The Juror
Fargo
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Fargo
Executive Decision
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Executive Decision
Diabolique
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Diabolique
Fear
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Fear
Celtic Pride
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Celtic Pride
Casino
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Casino
Heat
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Heat
Jumanji
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Jumanji
12 Monkeys
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12 Monkeys
Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility

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Television On May 15, 1996
The Simpsons poster
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The Simpsons
Friends poster
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Friends
Law & Order poster
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Law & Order
The X-Files poster
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The X-Files
Seinfeld poster
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Seinfeld
Raw poster
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Raw
Murder, She Wrote poster
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Murder, She Wrote
Star Trek: Voyager poster
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Star Trek: Voyager
Xena: Warrior Princess poster
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Xena: Warrior Princess
The Nanny poster
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The Nanny

Exact-date daily brief

May 15, 1996

May 15 has been a significant date throughout history, marked by a variety of notable events. In 1928, the first ever Mickey Mouse cartoon, 'Plane Crazy', was shown to a public audience, paving the way for an iconic character that...

Inventions & Breakthroughs of May 1996

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 USB Standard Deployment
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USB Standard Deployment
2 Online Social Network Concept
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Online Social Network Concept
3 Flash Memory Expansion
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Flash Memory Expansion
4 Web-Based Mapping Service
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Web-Based Mapping Service
5 Online Education Platforms
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Online Education Platforms
6 Video Conferencing Software
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Video Conferencing Software
7 Portable Digital Camera
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Portable Digital Camera
8 Speech-to-Text Software Expansion
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Speech-to-Text Software Expansion
9 Search Engine Ranking Algorithm
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Search Engine Ranking Algorithm
10 Online Payment Gateway
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Online Payment Gateway

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: A historical $1,000 investment comparison using the stored long-range dataset.
Rank #2
MSFT
Microsoft
Price in 1996
$3.43
Stored value
$141,245

Microsoft - If you invested $1,000 in 1996, it would be worth $141,245 today (141.2x return)

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Rank #3
AAPL
Apple
Price in 1996
$0.24
Stored value
$1,130,051

Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 1996, it would be worth $1,130,051 today (1130.1x return)

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🦸 Top 5 Comics
Ultimate Spider-Man #1
Ultimate Spider-Man #1
$150
Superman: The Wedding Album
Superman: The Wedding Album
$150
Kingdom Come #1
Kingdom Come #1
$120
The Amazing Spider-Man #418
The Amazing Spider-Man #418
$4.00
Preacher #12
Preacher #12
$150
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Tickle Me Elmo
Tickle Me Elmo
$125.00
Beanie Babies
Beanie Babies
$10.00
Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi
$200.00
Space Jam Action Figures
Space Jam Action Figures
$150.00
Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64
$300.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Super Mario 64
Super Mario 64
$200.00
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
$200.00
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
$243.85
Quake
Quake
$24.48
Pokã©Mon Red And Blue
Pokã©Mon Red And Blue
$150.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Charizard - Base Set (Shadowless) - 1st Edition
Charizard - Base Set (Shadowless) - 1st Edition
$300,000
Kobe Bryant Fleer Ultra Rookie Card
Kobe Bryant Fleer Ultra Rookie Card
$1,200
Allen Iverson Topps Chrome Rookie Card
Allen Iverson Topps Chrome Rookie Card
$3,000
Michael Jordan 1996 Skybox E-X2000 A Cut Above
Michael Jordan 1996 Skybox E-X2000 A Cut Above
$4,500
Delver Lens of Truth - 1996 Magic: The Gathering World Championship
Delver Lens of Truth - 1996 Magic: The Gathering World Championship
$250,000