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On the date

Sunday, September 29, 1985

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Tactile

The damp morning air clings to the rough wool of my overcoat as I adjust the focus on my Leica, framing a line of kids shivering in their stiff denim jackets outside the cinema. They’re all clamoring to get into *Invasion U.S.A.*, their eyes wide with that hungry, awesome sort of excitement that only a Chuck Norris flick can stir up in this grit-covered city. One boy fumbles with a plastic toy, his fingers tracing the smooth, gray industrial casing of a new Nintendo controller while he waits. I snap the shutter, capturing the way the cold wind whips his hair against the backdrop of a tattered Reagan poster peeling off the brick wall.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Money for Nothing

Dire Straits

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

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

14,859 days ago

(40 years, 259 days)