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On the date

Saturday, June 2, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

I’m hunched over in my grease-stained flannel, staring at the neon glow of the cinema marquee where the *Total Recall* poster shows Arnold’s face splitting apart. My Doc Martens are scuffed from kicking around the mall, and all I want is to disappear into that Martian landscape and forget about my parents' constant nagging. Cowabunga! If I can scrape together enough pocket change for a ticket and a soda, this Saturday is officially saved. It’s better than staying home watching the news or worrying about some stuffy graduation speech on the TV.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Vogue

Madonna

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

On This Day

  • The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.

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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

13,152 days ago

(36 years, 12 days)