From the day
On the date
Tuesday, October 9, 1984
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The Headlines
REAGAN, MONDALE AND THE ECONOMY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
I Just Called to Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder
#1 at the box office
Teachers
$4,579,286
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- David Cameron (1966)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
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
15,215 days ago
(41 years, 250 days)