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On the date
Thursday, October 20, 1983
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The Headlines
CONTINENTAL DOWN 38.9%
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
$6,011,610
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
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
15,569 days ago
(42 years, 239 days)