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Wednesday, September 16, 1992
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The Headlines
Police Panel: Shadow of 60's Hangs Over Council
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
End of the Road
Boyz II Men
#1 at the box office
Sneakers
$8,112,395
The must-have
Barney the Dinosaur Plush
On This Day
The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Wikipedia →Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
- Lauren Bacall (1924)
- B. B. King (1925)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Henry V of England (1386)
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
12,315 days ago
(33 years, 270 days)