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On the date
Monday, September 19, 1988
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The Headlines
To Our Readers
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Don't Worry, Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin
#1 at the box office
Dead Ringers
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 86 (1986)
- William Golding (1911)
- Jeremy Irons (1948)
- Maroon 5 (1977)
- Henry III of France (1551)
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
13,773 days ago
(37 years, 268 days)