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On the date
Monday, May 20, 1985
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The Headlines
PROBLEM OF TOXIC EMISSIONS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Everything She Wants
Wham!
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Honoré de Balzac (1799)
- John Stuart Mill (1806)
- Cher (1946)
- Sigrid Undset (1882)
- José Mujica (1935)
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
14,991 days ago
(41 years, 26 days)