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On the date
Monday, August 8, 1988
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The Headlines
8/8/88: Let Octopi Clap And Let the Octets Sing
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Roll With It
Steve Winwood
#1 at the box office
Young Guns
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
On This Day
The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
Wikipedia →The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Roger Federer (1981)
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Mohamed Morsi (1951)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Giuseppe Conte (1964)
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
13,815 days ago
(37 years, 310 days)