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On the date
Thursday, December 8, 1988
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The Headlines
Thousands Feared Dead in Soviet Caucasus Quake
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Look Away
Chicago
#1 at the box office
Twins
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
On This Day
A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Nicki Minaj (1982)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
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
13,693 days ago
(37 years, 188 days)