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Thursday, December 12, 1985
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The Headlines
CSX PLANS TO WRITE OFF $954 MILLION IN QUARTER
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Broken Wings
Mr. Mister
#1 at the box office
Rocky IV
$7,208,991
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
On This Day
Arrow Air Flight 1285R, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Jennifer Connelly (1970)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
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
14,785 days ago
(40 years, 185 days)