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On the date

Thursday, August 22, 1985

From the day

Memories from that day

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#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)

On This Day

  • British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.

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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

14,897 days ago

(40 years, 297 days)