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On the date

Wednesday, October 7, 1987

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The heavy clatter of a passing checker cab drowns out David Coverdale’s howl from a storefront boombox, but I’m still humming along to *Here I Go Again* as I frame a shot of a stockbroker in a razor-sharp charcoal suit. He’s looking fly, darting past a newsstand shouting about the Sotheby’s stake while the scent of honey-roasted peanuts cuts through the humid Midtown exhaust. I click the shutter just as a woman in shoulder pads nearly trips over a kid playing with Jenga blocks on the sidewalk. The city screams with the frantic energy of a Wednesday morning, vibrating with the high-pitched hiss of bus brakes and the relentless rhythm of the street.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Here I Go Again

Whitesnake

The must-have

Jenga

On This Day

  • Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

awesomebodaciouscheesychill

Valley Girl

as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally

Hip Hop

baddefdopeflyfreshword

Yuppie

greed is goodpower lunchnetworking

Catchphrases of 1987

  • Snap out of it!
  • Nobody puts Baby in a corner

Tech Check

PowerPoint, Perl & Prozac.

Cost of Living (1985)

Loaf of Bread

$0.55

Gallon of Gas

$1.12

Average Home

$84,300

New Car

$12,650

Time Elapsed

14,122 days ago

(38 years, 252 days)