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On the date

Saturday, June 29, 1985

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The Headlines

HOSTAGES IN LEBANON: Avoiding 'Direct Linkage'; HOSTAGES EXPECTED TO GO FREE AFTER MOVING TO SYRIA TODAY, HIGH REAGAN OFFICIAL REPORTS

Read in The New York Times →

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Heaven

Bryan Adams

The must-have

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

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

  • Make my day

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

14,951 days ago

(40 years, 351 days)