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On the date
Thursday, September 20, 1984
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The Headlines
'VOLUNTARY' IMPORT RESTRAINT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Missing You
John Waite
#1 at the box office
All of Me
$5,803,848
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Sophia Loren (1934)
- George R. R. Martin (1948)
- Tarō Asō (1940)
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
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
15,234 days ago
(41 years, 269 days)