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Saturday, April 17, 1982
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The Headlines
FLEET WITHIN WEEK OF THE FALKLANDS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
#1 at the box office
Porky's
$6,511,216
The must-have
My Little Pony
On This Day
Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Victoria Beckham (1974)
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- Jennifer Garner (1972)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
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
Compact Disc (CD), Commodore 64 & Adobe PostScript.
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
16,120 days ago
(44 years, 60 days)