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Tuesday, December 8, 1981
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The Headlines
News Summary; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1981
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Rollover
$2,260,889
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
You Share a Birthday With
- Jim Morrison (1943)
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
- Kim Basinger (1953)
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
16,250 days ago
(44 years, 190 days)