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On the date
Thursday, January 24, 1985
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The Headlines
E.P.A. SAYS UNION CARBIDE PLANT IN U.S. HAD 28 LEAKS IN 5 YEARS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Like a Virgin
Madonna
#1 at the box office
Beverly Hills Cop
$8,216,877
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 76 (1976)
- Frederick the Great (1712)
- Moon Jae-in (1953)
- Joachim Gauck (1940)
- Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais (1732)
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
Windows 1.0, Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) & DNA Fingerprinting.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
15,107 days ago
(41 years, 142 days)