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On the date

Monday, November 5, 1990

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Tactile

The cold November air bites through my thin thermal knit, and I accidentally bumped a skater in oversized flannel—my bad, kid, I was just trying to frame the light hitting those scuffed Doc Martens. The sidewalk is a sea of ripped denim and unkempt layers, but everyone stops dead at the department store window to gape at the new Super Nintendo. I can almost feel the smooth, matte plastic of those gray controllers through the glass, a sharp contrast to the grit of the city street.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Love Takes Time

Mariah Carey

The must-have

Super Nintendo (SNES)

On This Day

  • Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

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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

12,996 days ago

(35 years, 221 days)