From the day
On the date
Wednesday, August 22, 1984
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The Headlines
CORRECTION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr.
#1 at the box office
Tightrope
$7,198,635
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Ray Bradbury (1920)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
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
15,263 days ago
(41 years, 298 days)