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On the date
Tuesday, April 23, 1985
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The Headlines
INTENSE VOLCANO WATCH FINDS STEADY RHYTHM OF ERUPTIONS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
We Are the World
USA for Africa
#1 at the box office
Stick
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- John Cena (1977)
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
15,018 days ago
(41 years, 53 days)