From the day
On the date
Friday, September 13, 1985
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The Headlines
THE FUTURE OF WESTWAY
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 †
$4,134,257
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Fabio Cannavaro (1973)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
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
14,875 days ago
(40 years, 275 days)