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On the date
Thursday, February 2, 1984
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The Headlines
A RESTRUCTURED STEEL INDUSTRY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Karma Chameleon
Culture Club
#1 at the box office
Terms of Endearment
$3,045,877
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- James Joyce (1882)
- Shakira (1977)
- Ayn Rand (1905)
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926)
- Park Geun-hye (1952)
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
Apple Macintosh, CD-ROM & Flash Memory.
Style of 1984
Silhouette: Athletic and layered
Material: Spandex and sweat
- Leg warmers
- Headbands
- Oversized sweatshirts
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
15,464 days ago
(42 years, 134 days)