From the day
On the date
Sunday, December 23, 1984
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The Headlines
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IACOCCA
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
After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Akihito (1933)
- Helmut Schmidt (1918)
- Alexander I of Russia (1777)
- Joseph Smith (1805)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790)
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
15,139 days ago
(41 years, 174 days)