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On the date
Saturday, August 4, 1984
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The Headlines
ABC OLYMPIC COVERAGE IS CALLED TOO PARTIAL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
When Doves Cry
Prince
#1 at the box office
Ghostbusters †
$6,443,646
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Barack Obama (1961)
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (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
15,280 days ago
(41 years, 315 days)