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Saturday, December 22, 1990
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The Headlines
BAGHDAD MOUNTS MOCK EVACUATION
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
$15,079,919
The must-have
Super Nintendo (SNES)
On This Day
Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
Wikipedia →Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Basshunter (1984)
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
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
12,949 days ago
(35 years, 174 days)