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On the date
Thursday, February 9, 1984
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The Headlines
AIDES SAY PRESIDENT STARTED PULLBACK PROCESS WEEKS AGO
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Karma Chameleon
Culture Club
#1 at the box office
Unfaithfully Yours
$3,774,126
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- J. M. Coetzee (1940)
- Alice Walker (1944)
- Joseph Stiglitz (1943)
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
15,457 days ago
(42 years, 127 days)