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On the date
Wednesday, May 11, 1983
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The Headlines
EASTERN PACT MAY GIVE PILOTS 21% OF THE AIRLINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Beat It
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
Blue Thunder
$8,258,149
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930)
- Antony Hewish (1924)
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
15,732 days ago
(43 years, 37 days)