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On the date

Wednesday, November 13, 1985

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

We Built This City

Starship

The must-have

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

On This Day

  • The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

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  • Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.

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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

14,814 days ago

(40 years, 214 days)