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Tuesday, May 26, 1981
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The Headlines
TANNING PARLORS FADE FROM FRANCHISE SCENE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
#1 at the box office
The Four Seasons
$4,355,238
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
On This Day
Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
Wikipedia →An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Helena Bonham Carter (1966)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Sally Ride (1951)
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
16,446 days ago
(45 years, 21 days)