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Sunday, April 5, 1992
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The Headlines
Politicians Look to L.I. As Signpost Of Suburbs
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Save the Best for Last
Vanessa Williams
#1 at the box office
White Men Can't Jump
$10,188,583
The must-have
Barney the Dinosaur Plush
On This Day
Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
Wikipedia →Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Hobbes (1588)
- Bette Davis (1908)
- Gregory Peck (1916)
- Pope Urban VIII (1568)
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (1947)
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
12,480 days ago
(34 years, 70 days)