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Friday, January 17, 1992
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The Headlines
BUSH WOULD TRIM TAX FOR FAMILIES OVER $50,000 LEVEL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Black or White
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
$11,839,246
The must-have
Barney the Dinosaur Plush
On This Day
During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- Muhammad Ali (1942)
- Michelle Obama (1964)
- Jim Carrey (1962)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
Tech Check
SMS Text Message, ThinkPad & JPEG Standard.
Cost of Living (1990)
Loaf of Bread
$0.70
Gallon of Gas
$1.16
Average Home
$123,000
New Car
$16,950
Time Elapsed
12,558 days ago
(34 years, 148 days)