From the day
On the date
Wednesday, August 8, 1990
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The Headlines
Union Bars White in Asian Role; Broadway May Lose 'Miss Saigon'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Vision of Love
Mariah Carey
#1 at the box office
Flatliners
The must-have
Super Nintendo (SNES)
On This Day
Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Roger Federer (1981)
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Mohamed Morsi (1951)
- Dustin Hoffman (1937)
- Giuseppe Conte (1964)
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
13,085 days ago
(35 years, 310 days)