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Thursday, September 19, 1985
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The Headlines
APPLE COMPUTER ENTREPRENEUR'S RISE AND FALL
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Money for Nothing
Dire Straits
#1 at the box office
Back to the Future †
$3,924,156
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
Wikipedia →Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
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You Share a Birthday With
- William Golding (1911)
- Jeremy Irons (1948)
- Maroon 5 (1977)
- Henry III of France (1551)
- Masatoshi Koshiba (1926)
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
14,869 days ago
(40 years, 269 days)