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On the date

Wednesday, September 20, 1989

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Girl I'm Gonna Miss You

Milli Vanilli

The must-have

Game Boy

On This Day

  • USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people.

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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

13,408 days ago

(36 years, 268 days)