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On the date

Sunday, January 29, 1989

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The flash of my Leica catches the sharp shoulder pads of a woman rushing through the Discount District, her silhouette framed by the harsh winter sun and neon signage. I stop to snap a kid sitting on a stoop, his thumbs twitching frantically over a gray Game Boy as he ignores the world for that tiny green screen. Between the headlines about some new proposal for a "World Wide Web" and the local chatter about civilian GPS, everything feels like it’s accelerating toward a strange, digital horizon. It’s an awesome time to be behind the lens, capturing an era where silk ties meet grit, just before it all changes forever.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

When I'm with You

Sheriff

The must-have

Game Boy

On This Day

  • Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.

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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 1989

  • I'll have what she's having
  • Carpe Diem

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

13,642 days ago

(37 years, 137 days)