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Thursday, May 26, 1983
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The Headlines
AMENDED WITHHOLDING REPEAL GAINS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Flashdance... What a Feeling
Irene Cara
#1 at the box office
Return of the Jedi †
$30,490,619
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
On This Day
The 7.8 Mw Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Helena Bonham Carter (1966)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Sally Ride (1951)
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
15,716 days ago
(43 years, 21 days)