From the day
On the date
Saturday, November 17, 1990
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The Headlines
The Thin Bottom Line; Dinkins's Failure to Plan Acceptable Taxes Or Woo Albany Hurts Police Plan's Chances
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Love Takes Time
Mariah Carey
#1 at the box office
Home Alone
The must-have
Super Nintendo (SNES)
On This Day
Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Scorsese (1942)
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Cyril Ramaphosa (1952)
- Rachel McAdams (1978)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
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
12,985 days ago
(35 years, 210 days)