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On the date
Sunday, May 1, 1988
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The Headlines
NATIONAL NOTEBOOK: Madison, Wis.; Renovating A Rail Complex
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Wishing Well
Terence Trent D'Arby
#1 at the box office
Colors
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Leonardo Bonucci (1987)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
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
13,914 days ago
(38 years, 44 days)