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On the date

Friday, May 18, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Tactile

The rough grain of my oversized flannel shirt chafes against the silver choker at my neck as I wait in the sticky vinyl seat of the cinema. I can’t help but shout "Cowabunga!" when the trailer for the Super Nintendo flashes across the screen, a digital promise of the pixelated future held within a sleek, grey plastic shell. The theater air smells of buttery popcorn and salt, a perfect sensory backdrop as the opening credits for *Bird on a Wire* begin to roll. I adjust the heavy weight of my Doc Martens, feeling the solid rubber soles ground me in this shift from the analog past to the looming dawn of cyberspace.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Vogue

Madonna

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

On This Day

  • In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).

    Wikipedia →

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

13,167 days ago

(36 years, 27 days)