From the day
On the date
Saturday, October 12, 1985
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The Headlines
STATE TO ADOPT ONE-CASE, ONE-JUDGE SYSTEM
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Oh Sheila
Ready for the World
#1 at the box office
Commando
$6,540,130
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
You Share a Birthday With
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935)
- Hugh Jackman (1968)
- Eugenio Montale (1896)
- Edward VI (1537)
- Pedro I of Brazil (1798)
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
14,846 days ago
(40 years, 246 days)