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Tuesday, November 7, 1989
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The Headlines
BONN'S POLITICIANS APPEAR DISMAYED BY COST OF INFLUX
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
When I See You Smile
Bad English
#1 at the box office
Look Who's Talking
$11,409,873
The must-have
Game Boy
On This Day
East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
Wikipedia →David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
Wikipedia →Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Albert Camus (1913)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- James Cook (1728)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
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
13,360 days ago
(36 years, 220 days)