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On the date
Friday, September 14, 1984
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The Headlines
SEDCO CONDUCTS TALKS WITH A POSSIBLE BUYER
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
Ghostbusters †
$3,457,626
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Dmitry Medvedev (1965)
- Pope Leo XIV (1955)
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Amy Winehouse (1983)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
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
15,239 days ago
(41 years, 274 days)