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On the date
Saturday, June 16, 1984
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The Headlines
40 YEARS AFTER PACIFIC D-DAY, NO CROWDS AND NO PARADES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
#1 at the box office
Ghostbusters †
$15,093,905
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Tupac Shakur (1971)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Jürgen Klopp (1967)
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929)
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
15,329 days ago
(41 years, 364 days)