From the day
On the date
Monday, August 7, 1989
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
Business and the Law; Commodity Charges Widen Use of Racketeering Statute
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Right Here Waiting
Richard Marx
#1 at the box office
Parenthood
$9,672,350
The must-have
Game Boy
On This Day
U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jimmy Wales (1966)
- Charlize Theron (1975)
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Yun Hyon-seok (1984)
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
13,451 days ago
(36 years, 311 days)