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Wednesday, December 25, 1991
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The Headlines
GORBACHEV PLANS TO GIVE UP POWER TO YELTSIN TODAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Black or White
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
Hook
$15,218,400
The must-have
Super Soaker
On This Day
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Isaac Newton (1642)
- Justin Trudeau (1971)
- Anwar Sadat (1918)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)
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
12,582 days ago
(34 years, 172 days)