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On the date
Wednesday, August 15, 1984
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The Headlines
I.B.M.'S. NEW POWERHOUSE A T ; TWICE AS FAST AS OLD PC'S
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr.
#1 at the box office
Tightrope
$9,156,545
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Napoleon (1769)
- Walter Scott (1771)
- Ben Affleck (1972)
- Louis de Broglie (1892)
- Sri Aurobindo (1872)
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
15,269 days ago
(41 years, 304 days)