On the date

Friday, May 17, 1985

From the day

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The Headlines

BUSINESS DIGEST

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Simple Minds

#1 at the box office

$2,803,483

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

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

Catchphrases of 1985

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

14,994 days ago

(41 years, 29 days)