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On the date
Monday, July 27, 1981
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The Headlines
News Analysis
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Jessie's Girl
Rick Springfield
#1 at the box office
The Empire Strikes Back (reissue)
$7,001,282
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
On This Day
While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Giosuè Carducci (1835)
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824)
- Jean Baudrillard (1929)
- Murad IV (1612)
- Hans Fischer (1881)
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
16,384 days ago
(44 years, 324 days)