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On the date
Saturday, February 17, 1990
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The Headlines
EXILED OPPOSITION TO SEND A PANEL TO MEET DE KLERK
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Opposites Attract
Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair
#1 at the box office
Driving Miss Daisy
The must-have
Super Nintendo (SNES)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
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
13,257 days ago
(36 years, 117 days)