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On the date

Wednesday, February 14, 1990

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Opposites Attract

Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

On This Day

  • The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot.

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  • Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever

Grunge

flannellameposerslacker

Hip Hop

blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'

Tech

cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb

Catchphrases of 1990

  • Cowabunga!
  • Home Alone

Tech Check

Hubble Telescope, Photoshop 1.0 & HTML.

Style of 1990

Silhouette: Unkempt and layered (Grunge)

Material: Flannel and thermal knit

  • Doc Martens
  • Ripped jeans
  • Chokers

Cost of Living (1990)

Loaf of Bread

$0.70

Gallon of Gas

$1.16

Average Home

$123,000

New Car

$16,950

Time Elapsed

13,260 days ago

(36 years, 120 days)