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On the date

Tuesday, November 21, 1989

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Tactile

The plastic casing of this new Game Boy feels suspiciously light and hollow in my palms, almost like it’s waiting to crack under the weight of the morning news. I can't even focus on the pixels with the radio blaring about soldiers raiding churches and the world feeling like it's tilting off its axis. Everything is getting so expensive that it makes me want to scream; paying $0.55 for a single loaf of bread is absolute madness when the economy is this shaky. If prices keep climbing while the headlines get bloodier, I’m going to lose it—seriously, barf me out.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Blame It on the Rain

Milli Vanilli

The must-have

Game Boy

On This Day

  • Aeroflot Flight 37577 crashes on approach to Sovetsky Airport, killing 32.

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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

13,345 days ago

(36 years, 205 days)