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On the date
Friday, August 9, 1991
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The Headlines
Recovery Gasps for New Orders
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
Bryan Adams
#1 at the box office
Hot Shots!
$8,010,411
The must-have
Super Soaker
On This Day
The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Whitney Houston (1963)
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Romano Prodi (1939)
- Gillian Anderson (1968)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
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
12,719 days ago
(34 years, 309 days)