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Friday, October 8, 1982
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The Headlines
THE TRIBECA SCENE: ARCHITECTURE, RESTAURANTS AND BARGAIN HUNTING
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Jack & Diane
John Cougar
#1 at the box office
An Officer and a Gentleman
$4,509,267
The must-have
My Little Pony
On This Day
Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sigourney Weaver (1949)
- Ursula von der Leyen (1958)
- Matt Damon (1970)
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
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
15,946 days ago
(43 years, 251 days)