From the day
On the date
Sunday, January 31, 1988
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
Kean Seeks AIDS Agency
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Could've Been
Tiffany
#1 at the box office
Good Morning, Vietnam
$8,260,432
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
On This Day
Doug Williams becomes the first African American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and leads the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Justin Timberlake (1981)
- Kenzaburō Ōe (1935)
- Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938)
- Norman Mailer (1923)
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
Fiber Optic Cables (Transatlantic), Doppler Radar & Digital Cellular.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
14,005 days ago
(38 years, 135 days)