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On the date

Sunday, December 6, 1981

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The flash of my Nikon catches the sharp chrome of a passing Cadillac, reflecting the neon pink leg warmers of a girl humming "Physical" as she checks her reflection in a shop window. Everywhere I turn, the silhouette of New York is shifting; heavy wool overcoats clash with the sleek, synthetic sheen of new puffer jackets, while kids on the corner trade rumors of those awesome new He-Man toys. I pass a newsstand where the black-and-white headlines scream about B-1 bomber production out on Long Island, a cold contrast to the warm glow of the theater marquee still boasting *Raiders of the Lost Ark*. The air smells of roasted nuts and wet pavement, a gritty backdrop for the high-waisted denim and feathered hair pulsing through the December slush.

Memories from that day

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#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

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

  • Take a chill pill

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

16,252 days ago

(44 years, 192 days)