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Thursday, June 2, 1983
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The Headlines
LIVING OVER THE STORE
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 †
$17,229,694
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
On This Day
After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
15,709 days ago
(43 years, 14 days)