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Friday, December 4, 1981
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The Headlines
FED DROPS DISCOUNT RATE TO 12%
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Raiders of the Lost Ark
$2,441,000
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
On This Day
South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Francisco Franco (1892)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795)
- Jay-Z (1969)
- Jeff Bridges (1949)
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
16,254 days ago
(44 years, 194 days)