From the day
On the date
Friday, November 8, 1985
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
Quotation of the Day
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Miami Vice Theme
Jan Hammer
#1 at the box office
Death Wish 3
$3,161,679
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
You Share a Birthday With
- Alain Delon (1935)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (1954)
- Bram Stoker (1847)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900)
- Edmond Halley (1656)
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
14,819 days ago
(40 years, 219 days)