From the day
On the date
Thursday, July 4, 1985
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The Headlines
EDITORS' NOTE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Sussudio
Phil Collins
#1 at the box office
Back to the Future †
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
You Share a Birthday With
- Calvin Coolidge (1872)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
- Gina Lollobrigida (1927)
- Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926)
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
14,946 days ago
(40 years, 346 days)