On the date

Tuesday, October 16, 1984

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The Headlines

BUSINESS DIGEST

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

I Just Called to Say I Love You

Stevie Wonder

#1 at the box office

Teachers

$3,448,610

The must-have

Transformers

On This Day

Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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You Share a Birthday With

Oscar Wilde (1854)
Günter Grass (1927)
David Ben-Gurion (1886)
Eugene O'Neill (1888)
Enver Hoxha (1908)

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

Catchphrases of 1984

Where's the beef?
I'll be back
Who you gonna call?

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

15,207 days ago

(41 years, 242 days)