Tuesday, August 6, 1991

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The Headlines

Japan Says It Won't Prosecute

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"

Bryan Adams

#1 at the box office

$8,010,411

The must-have

Super Soaker

On This Day

• Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on the Internet.

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• Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Andy Warhol (1928)
• Alexander Fleming (1881)
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
• Robin van Persie (1983)
• Lucille Ball (1911)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1990)