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Friday, February 3, 1984
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The Headlines
NEW FLAWS PUT 162 BUSES FROM GRUMMAN OFF DUTY
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
On This Day
Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
Wikipedia →Doctor John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809)
- Alvar Aalto (1898)
- Simone Weil (1909)
- Gertrude Stein (1874)
- Joachim Löw (1960)
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
15,463 days ago
(42 years, 133 days)