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On the date

Tuesday, September 7, 1982

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

Rain-slicked asphalt reflects the neon hum of the theater marquee where *E.T.* is still packing them in, casting a cinematic glow over a businessman in a sharp, padded-shoulder suit. I frame the shot as he pauses by a gas station, scowling at the pump's **$1.19** display like it’s a personal insult while a row of colorful My Little Pony boxes stares back from a nearby shop window. The air smells of wet concrete and expensive cologne, a perfect backdrop for the newsstand headlines screaming about the chemistry of fear. That high-contrast silhouette against the steel-grey sky is **def** the shot of the day.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Hard to Say I'm Sorry

Chicago

#1 at the box office

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial †

$4,598,728

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

Catchphrases of 1982

  • E.T. phone home

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

15,977 days ago

(43 years, 282 days)