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Tuesday, December 22, 1981
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The Headlines
News Summary; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1981
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Neighbors
$5,821,835
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
You Share a Birthday With
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
- Ralph Fiennes (1962)
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
16,236 days ago
(44 years, 176 days)