From the day
On the date
Tuesday, August 28, 1990
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The Headlines
Efforts to Reshape Teaching Focus on Finding New Talent
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
If Wishes Came True
Sweet Sensation
#1 at the box office
Ghost †
The must-have
Super Nintendo (SNES)
On This Day
Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
Wikipedia →An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Jack Black (1969)
- Shania Twain (1965)
- David Fincher (1962)
- Ivo Josipović (1957)
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
13,065 days ago
(35 years, 290 days)