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Saturday, May 20, 1989
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The Headlines
STOCKS ARE LIFTED TO 19-MONTH HIGH AS DOW TOPS 2,500
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Forever Your Girl
Paula Abdul
#1 at the box office
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
$6,105,120
The must-have
Game Boy
On This Day
The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Cher (1946)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- José Mujica (1935)
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
13,530 days ago
(37 years, 25 days)