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Wednesday, July 8, 1981
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The Headlines
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1981; The Economy
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
#1 at the box office
Superman II
$6,745,678
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Nelson Rockefeller (1908)
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
16,403 days ago
(44 years, 343 days)