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On the date
Tuesday, June 5, 1984
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The Headlines
FACTORY TAKEOVER WEIGHED BY A CITY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
#1 at the box office
Ghostbusters †
$13,578,151
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Mark Wahlberg (1971)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1942)
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
15,340 days ago
(42 years, 10 days)