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On the date
Wednesday, October 12, 1983
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The Headlines
JUDGES OVERTURN SERVICES METHODS IN CAPITAL CASES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
#1 at the box office
Never Say Never Again
$7,233,884
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
On This Day
Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Hugh Jackman (1968)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
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
15,577 days ago
(42 years, 247 days)