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Wednesday, July 10, 1991
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The Headlines
Rise in Tuberculosis Forces Review of Dated Methods
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Rush Rush
Paula Abdul
#1 at the box office
Terminator 2: Judgment Day †
$20,738,340
The must-have
Super Soaker
On This Day
Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
Wikipedia →The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
Wikipedia →A Beechcraft Model 99 crashes near Birmingham Municipal Airport (now Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport) in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 13 of the 15 people on board.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Nikola Tesla (1856)
- Marcel Proust (1871)
- Mahathir Mohamad (1925)
- John Calvin (1509)
- Alice Munro (1931)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
Tech Check
Linux Kernel, 2G Network (GSM) & Super Soaker.
Cost of Living (1990)
Loaf of Bread
$0.70
Gallon of Gas
$1.16
Average Home
$123,000
New Car
$16,950
Time Elapsed
12,749 days ago
(34 years, 339 days)