From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 11, 1988
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The Headlines
C.I.A. Chief Finds Gorbachev A Mixed Blessing for Agency
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 Soviet Air Force Il-76 aircraft crashes while participating in the Armenian earthquake relief, killing 78 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
13,690 days ago
(37 years, 185 days)