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On the date
Thursday, November 21, 1985
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The Headlines
COLUMBIA LAUDS RABI AS ITS 'BRILLIANT JEWEL'
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
We Built This City
Starship
#1 at the box office
King Solomon's Mines
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- Björk (1965)
- René Magritte (1898)
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
14,806 days ago
(40 years, 206 days)