From the day
On the date
Monday, March 11, 1985
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
Quotation of the Day
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Can't Fight This Feeling
REO Speedwagon
#1 at the box office
Beverly Hills Cop
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas Adams (1952)
- Harold Wilson (1916)
- Qasem Soleimani (1957)
- Torquato Tasso (1544)
- Rupert Murdoch (1931)
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
15,061 days ago
(41 years, 96 days)