From the day
On the date
Tuesday, January 17, 1989
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The Headlines
Dow's Rise Draws Small Buyers
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Two Hearts
Phil Collins
#1 at the box office
Rain Man
$7,003,147
The must-have
Game Boy
On This Day
Patrick Purdy opens fire at an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing five and wounding 31 others.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- Michelle Obama (1964)
- Jim Carrey (1962)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
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
World Wide Web (Proposal), Game Boy & GPS (Civilian).
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
13,654 days ago
(37 years, 149 days)