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Saturday, August 7, 1993
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The Headlines
THE BUDGET STRUGGLE: Reporter's Notebook; The Joy of Being Undecided: Senators Bask in the Lights
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Can't Help Falling in Love
UB40
#1 at the box office
The Fugitive
The must-have
Beanie Babies
On This Day
Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jimmy Wales (1966)
- Charlize Theron (1975)
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Yun Hyon-seok (1984)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
buzzkillmy badsweetwhatever
Grunge
flannellameposerslacker
Hip Hop
blingboo-yacrunkphattrippin'
Tech
cyberspaceinformation superhighwayspamweb
Tech Check
Web Browser (Mosaic), Pentium Processor & PDF.
Cost of Living (1990)
Loaf of Bread
$0.70
Gallon of Gas
$1.16
Average Home
$123,000
New Car
$16,950
Time Elapsed
11,991 days ago
(32 years, 311 days)