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Friday, August 7, 1981
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The Headlines
CITICORP PLANS A BANK IN DELAWARE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Jessie's Girl
Rick Springfield
#1 at the box office
Raiders of the Lost Ark
$4,046,228
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
On This Day
The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jimmy Wales (1966)
- Charlize Theron (1975)
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Sofia Rotaru (1947)
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
16,373 days ago
(44 years, 313 days)