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On the date
Thursday, December 20, 1984
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The Headlines
Quotation of the Day
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Like a Virgin
Madonna
#1 at the box office
Beverly Hills Cop
$15,697,159
The must-have
Transformers
On This Day
Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews from Greeley, Colorado. Her remains were discovered on July 23, 2019, located about 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Jonelle's home. The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head."
Wikipedia →The Summit Tunnel fire, one of the largest transportation tunnel fires in history, burns after a freight train carrying over one million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England, in the Pennines.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Binali Yıldırım (1955)
- Martin Schulz (1955)
- Ashley Cole (1980)
- Kim Young-sam (1927)
- Kim Ki-duk (1960)
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
15,142 days ago
(41 years, 177 days)