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On the date
Tuesday, September 6, 1983
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The Headlines
COMPUTERS MASTERING SPEECH RECOGNITION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Maniac
Michael Sembello
#1 at the box office
Mr. Mom
$4,686,652
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
On This Day
The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Dalton (1766)
- Jane Addams (1860)
- Edward Appleton (1892)
- Idris Elba (1972)
- Roger Waters (1943)
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
15,613 days ago
(42 years, 283 days)