On the date

Sunday, August 2, 1981

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The Headlines

CONFEREES IN ACCORD ON FINAL PROVISIONS FOR TAX LEGISLATION

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Rick Springfield

#1 at the box office

$7,001,282

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

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

Catchphrases of 1981

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

16,378 days ago

(44 years, 318 days)