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On the date
Friday, June 22, 1984
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The Headlines
KOOL FESTIVAL, A TRIBUTE TO BASIE, OPENS TODAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Reflex
Duran Duran
#1 at the box office
Ghostbusters †
$13,059,428
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 1000 (1000)
- Meryl Streep (1949)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
- Dan Brown (1964)
- Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
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
15,323 days ago
(41 years, 358 days)