Tuesday, April 24, 1990

From the day

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The Headlines

Cultures in Conflict: M.D.'s and Ph.D.'s

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Nothing Compares 2 U

Sinéad O'Connor

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

On This Day

• STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.

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• Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Barbra Streisand (1942)
• Shirley MacLaine (1934)
• Carl Spitteler (1845)
• Philippe Pétain (1856)
• Kelly Clarkson (1982)

Slang

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)