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Tuesday, December 27, 1983
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The Headlines
LEBANESE ARMY FIGHTS A 3D DAY AT FRENCH POSTS
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
Terms of Endearment
$9,058,537
The must-have
Cabbage Patch Kids
On This Day
Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Salman Khan (1965)
- Gérard Depardieu (1948)
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
15,501 days ago
(42 years, 171 days)