From the day
On the date
Wednesday, December 28, 1988
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The Headlines
Carolina Gold: A Rare Harvest
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
#1 at the box office
Rain Man
The must-have
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Figures
You Share a Birthday With
- Woodrow Wilson (1856)
- Linus Torvalds (1969)
- John von Neumann (1903)
- Liu Xiaobo (1955)
- Denzel Washington (1954)
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
13,673 days ago
(37 years, 168 days)