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On the date
Sunday, August 26, 1984
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The Headlines
L.I. SOUND TO BE STUDIED FOR POLLUTION
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
What's Love Got to Do with It
Tina Turner
#1 at the box office
Tightrope
$7,198,635
The must-have
Transformers
You Share a Birthday With
- Mother Teresa (1910)
- Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
- Chris Pine (1980)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880)
- Julio Cortázar (1914)
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
15,258 days ago
(41 years, 293 days)