From the day
On the date
Friday, September 2, 1988
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The Headlines
In Brooklyn, A Restoration Nears an End
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Monkey
George Michael
#1 at the box office
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
$6,435,710
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
You Share a Birthday With
- Keanu Reeves (1964)
- Keir Starmer (1962)
- Salma Hayek (1966)
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
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
13,791 days ago
(37 years, 286 days)