From the day
On the date
Tuesday, August 20, 1985
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
MARYLAND THRIFT UNIT MORATORIUM
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Power of Love
Huey Lewis and the News
#1 at the box office
Back to the Future †
$6,927,360
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- Andrew Garfield (1983)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944)
- Slobodan Milošević (1941)
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
14,899 days ago
(40 years, 299 days)