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Tuesday, December 8, 1987
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The Headlines
Seeking a Hopeful Symbol To Match the Soaring Mood
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Faith
George Michael
#1 at the box office
Throw Momma from the Train
The must-have
Jenga
On This Day
Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.
Wikipedia →An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Nicki Minaj (1982)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
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
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
14,059 days ago
(38 years, 189 days)