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On the date

Friday, December 2, 1988

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

Will to Power

The must-have

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures

On This Day

  • Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.

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  • Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-27, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.

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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

Catchphrases of 1988

  • Just do it
  • Read my lips: no new taxes

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

13,700 days ago

(37 years, 195 days)