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On the date

Thursday, April 7, 1983

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The flashbulbs from my Leica catch the sharp shoulder pads of a woman strutting past a storefront, her perm gleaming under the flickering neon of a movie marquee advertising *Tootsie*. I squint through the viewfinder at a kid clutching a Cabbage Patch Kid while his father grumbles at the gas pump, pointing a finger at the **$1.19** display like it’s a personal insult from the oil companies. "Whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis?" a teenager mocks his friend, both of them moonwalking awkwardly across the wet pavement to the muffled beat of "Billie Jean" coming from a nearby boombox. The city air tastes of exhaust and rain, carving deep shadows against the brick as the evening light turns every polyester suit into a bodacious silhouette.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billie Jean

Michael Jackson

#1 at the box office

Tootsie

$3,430,963

The must-have

Cabbage Patch Kids

On This Day

  • During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.

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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 1983

  • Whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis?
  • Say hello to my little friend

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

15,766 days ago

(43 years, 71 days)