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Friday, May 4, 1984
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The Headlines
LATE-APRIL AUTO SALES ROSE 36.6%
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
Breakin'
$6,047,686
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- Audrey Hepburn (1929)
- Hosni Mubarak (1928)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
- Amos Oz (1939)
- Werner Faymann (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
15,372 days ago
(42 years, 42 days)