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On the date
Sunday, October 16, 1988
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The Headlines
In Pursuit of the 20th Century Express) mm
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
A Groovy Kind of Love
Phil Collins
#1 at the box office
The Accused
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
13,746 days ago
(37 years, 241 days)