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On the date
Friday, August 2, 1985
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The Headlines
'BREAKTHROUGH' PLAN ADVANCES AT MANVILLE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Shout
Tears for Fears
#1 at the box office
Back to the Future †
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- JD Vance (1984)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
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
14,917 days ago
(40 years, 317 days)