From the day
On the date
Saturday, October 8, 1988
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The Headlines
INSIDE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love Bites
Def Leppard
#1 at the box office
Alien Nation
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
You Share a Birthday With
- Sigourney Weaver (1949)
- Ursula von der Leyen (1958)
- Matt Damon (1970)
- Bruno Mars (1985)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
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
13,755 days ago
(37 years, 250 days)