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On the date
Friday, April 27, 1984
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The Headlines
A SENATOR RECOUNTS HER OWN EXPERIENCE AS AN ABUSED CHILD
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
Phil Collins
#1 at the box office
Police Academy
$4,733,389
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822)
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759)
- Herbert Spencer (1820)
- Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967)
- Samuel Morse (1791)
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
15,379 days ago
(42 years, 49 days)