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Friday, December 23, 1983
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The Headlines
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1983 International
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Say Say Say
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
Sudden Impact
$5,957,766
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
You Share a Birthday With
- Akihito (1933)
- Helmut Schmidt (1918)
- Alexander I of Russia (1777)
- Joseph Smith (1805)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790)
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
15,505 days ago
(42 years, 175 days)