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Wednesday, March 2, 1983
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The Headlines
2 U.S. AIDES SAY SALVADOR FACES AN ARMS 'CRISIS'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
Tootsie
$4,349,058
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
On This Day
Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mikhail Gorbachev (1931)
- Pope Pius XII (1876)
- Pope Leo XIII (1810)
- Daniel Craig (1968)
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937)
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
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, Internet (TCP/IP Standard) & Microsoft Word.
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
15,801 days ago
(43 years, 106 days)