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On the date
Saturday, August 22, 1992
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The Headlines
A Year After a Coup Attempt, Yeltsin's Ardor Hasn't Faded
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
End of the Road
Boyz II Men
#1 at the box office
Unforgiven
$7,741,277
The must-have
Barney the Dinosaur Plush
On This Day
FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Ray Bradbury (1920)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
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
12,340 days ago
(33 years, 295 days)