On This Day: June 23, 1989 — Tim Burton’s Batman Premieres
On June 23, 1989, Tim Burton’s Batman opened with a record-shattering $40.49M weekend, redefining the blockbuster and birthing the modern superhero movie.
-
-
On This Day: June 22, 1986 — Maradona’s Hand of God
On June 22, 1986, Diego Maradona scored the Hand of God goal — then the Goal of the Century — to knock England out of the World Cup.
-
Hot Topic Was Right: The Flannel Aisle Never Closed
The fashion press declared grunge dead in 1996. Hot Topic, Dr. Martens, and every suburban mall kept selling it anyway. Here’s how a Seattle look quietly outlasted every trend cycle of the last thirty years and ended up back on the runway in 2024.
-
Why Every Festival Crowd in 2024 Looks Like Lollapalooza 1993
The grunge resurgence in 2020s fashion has reached photo-finish accuracy — pull up a shot from Lollapalooza 1993 and a clip from last summer’s Glastonbury and you’ll have to check the date stamp to tell which is which.
-
Trapper Keeper Mead: 7 Reasons This 80s Binder Ruled
The Trapper Keeper Mead sold 75 million units between 1978 and the late 90s. Here’s why this 80s binder ruled every locker, hallway, and lunch table.
-
On This Day: June 20, 1986 — The Karate Kid Part II Premieres
The Karate Kid Part II opened wide on June 20, 1986, and ended its first weekend with $12.6 million in the bank — a franchise record at the time, more than half a million dollars above what the original earned in its 1984 debut. By Labor Day, John G. Avildsen’s sequel had outgrossed The Karate…
-
Olivia Rodrigo Borrowed Her Whole Closet From 1993
A 21-year-old pop star is dressing like Courtney Love at the Reading Festival, and the entire fashion industry is sprinting to keep up. Here’s how Olivia Rodrigo turned a thrift-store aesthetic into the dominant look of the decade.
-
Grunge Always Comes Back When the Economy Tanks
Every time the economy cracks, grunge crawls back out. It happened in 1991. It is happening again in 2024. The flannel knows something we don’t.
-
The Cosby Show: 8 Seasons That Changed Sitcom TV
The Cosby Show saved NBC, redrew Black middle-class TV, and left a cultural legacy that now lives uneasily alongside Bill Cosby’s conviction. The full Huxtable story.
-
On This Day: June 18, 1983 — Sally Ride Becomes First American Woman in Space
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride launched aboard Challenger STS-7 to become the first American woman in space — 22 years after the Soviet Union, after a press tour of indignities, and after years of mastering the shuttle’s robotic arm.
-
On This Day: June 17, 1994 — OJ Simpson’s White Bronco Chase
On June 17, 1994, 95 million Americans watched a white Ford Bronco roll down the 405 at 35 mph. The OJ Simpson Bronco chase rewrote television.
-
Public Enemy: 9 Reasons They Changed Hip Hop Forever
In 1988, the FBI’s Assistant Director, Milt Ahlerich, sent a letter to N.W.A.’s record label complaining about a song. The letter is famous — every rap fan knows about it. What gets forgotten is that the rap group whose actual catalog scared federal agents the most was Public Enemy, and Chuck D had been telling…
