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On the date
Thursday, April 12, 1984
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The Headlines
MARSH HAD A $2 BILLION BOND POSITION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Footloose
Kenny Loggins
#1 at the box office
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
$11,183,148
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- Jacob Zuma (1942)
- Montserrat Caballé (1933)
- David Letterman (1947)
- Tom Clancy (1947)
- Claire Danes (1979)
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
15,394 days ago
(42 years, 64 days)