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Sunday, October 21, 1984
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The Headlines
WHOOPI'S READY, BUT IS BROADWAY?
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
$3,448,610
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
Niki Lauda claims his third and final Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by half a point ahead of McLaren team-mate Alain Prost at the Portuguese Grand Prix.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Kim Kardashian (1980)
- Carrie Fisher (1956)
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
15,202 days ago
(41 years, 237 days)