Tuesday, January 15, 1991

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The Headlines

Drugs, Then Bureaucracy, Divide Mother and Children

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Love Will Never Do (Without You)

Janet Jackson

#1 at the box office

$11,069,157

The must-have

Super Soaker

On This Day

• The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.

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• Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
• Molière (1622)
• Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
• Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)

Slang

Tech Check

Linux Kernel, 2G Network (GSM) & Super Soaker.

Cost of Living (1990)