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Saturday, July 28, 1984
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The Headlines
HINCKLEY TELLS COURT 'I AM READY NOW' TO PRESS FOR RELEASE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
When Doves Cry
Prince
#1 at the box office
Purple Rain
$7,766,201
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Hugo Chávez (1954)
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Vajiralongkorn (1952)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (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
15,287 days ago
(41 years, 322 days)