From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 2, 1990
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The Headlines
The Twentysomethings: Adrift in a Pop Landscape
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
Stevie B
#1 at the box office
Home Alone
$14,386,876
The must-have
Super Nintendo (SNES)
On This Day
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-35, carrying the ASTRO-1 spacelab observatory.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Britney Spears (1981)
- Maria Callas (1923)
- Nelly Furtado (1978)
- Lucy Liu (1968)
- Georges Seurat (1859)
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
12,969 days ago
(35 years, 194 days)