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On the date
Saturday, May 11, 1985
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The Headlines
REAGAN DEFENDS LIMIT ON INCREASE IN MILITARY FUNDS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Crazy for You
Madonna
#1 at the box office
Code of Silence
$3,583,099
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Andrés Iniesta (1984)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930)
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
15,000 days ago
(41 years, 35 days)