Wednesday, August 16, 1989

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The Headlines

SYRIA HOLDS TALKS TO BOLSTER ALLIES IN LEBANON STRIFE

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Right Here Waiting

Richard Marx

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Game Boy

On This Day

• A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Madonna (1958)
• Zachary Taylor (1816)
• James Cameron (1954)
• Charles Bukowski (1920)
• Menachem Begin (1913)

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Tech Check

World Wide Web (Proposal), Game Boy & GPS (Civilian).

Cost of Living (1985)