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On the date
Wednesday, September 4, 1985
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The Headlines
EX-HEAD OF CITY HOSPITALS INDICTED IN THEFT OF $250,000 FROM CLIENT
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
John Parr
#1 at the box office
Back to the Future †
$5,214,465
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
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
14,884 days ago
(40 years, 284 days)