From the day
On the date
Sunday, April 12, 1981
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The Headlines
Yank Homers Rout Rangers, 5-1
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Kiss on My List
Daryl Hall and John Oates
#1 at the box office
Star Wars (reissue)
$6,549,751
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
On This Day
The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jacob Zuma (1942)
- Montserrat Caballé (1933)
- David Letterman (1947)
- Tom Clancy (1947)
- Claire Danes (1979)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
awesomebodaciouscheesychill
Valley Girl
as ifbarf me outgag me with a spoongrodytotally
Hip Hop
baddefdopeflyfreshword
Yuppie
greed is goodpower lunchnetworking
Tech Check
IBM PC, MS-DOS & Space Shuttle.
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
16,490 days ago
(45 years, 65 days)