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On the date
Friday, September 16, 1983
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The Headlines
AS A COMPUTER MARKET FRAYS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Maniac
Michael Sembello
#1 at the box office
Mr. Mom
$3,860,064
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
You Share a Birthday With
- Lee Kuan Yew (1923)
- Lauren Bacall (1924)
- B. B. King (1925)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Henry V of England (1386)
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
15,603 days ago
(42 years, 273 days)