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On the date

Friday, July 22, 1983

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The July sun bakes the Manhattan asphalt, shimmering off the oversized chrome bumpers and the sharp, padded shoulders of power suits. I frame a shot of a woman in neon leg warmers clutching a *Daily News* featuring the Albany commission headline, while a nearby shop radio blares that stalker-anthem "Every Breath You Take" for the hundredth time today. The tune is getting a bit cheesy, but the way the light hits the grit of the subway entrance is pure magic. I swap my film quickly, ignoring the tourists lining up for that 3-D shark flick, focusing instead on the fresh silhouettes of kids in oversized denim drifting through the humid haze.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Every Breath You Take

The Police

The must-have

Cabbage Patch Kids

On This Day

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

15,659 days ago

(42 years, 329 days)