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On the date

Sunday, December 20, 1987

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Faith

George Michael

The must-have

Jenga

On This Day

  • In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).

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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

14,047 days ago

(38 years, 177 days)