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Thursday, August 19, 1982
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The Headlines
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1982; Markets
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Eye of the Tiger
Survivor
#1 at the box office
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial †
$7,684,162
The must-have
My Little Pony
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
15,996 days ago
(43 years, 301 days)