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Tuesday, December 17, 1985
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The Headlines
NEWS SUMMARY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1985
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Say You, Say Me
Lionel Richie
#1 at the box office
Rocky IV
$8,445,197
The must-have
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Francis (1936)
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Milla Jovovich (1975)
- Muhammadu Buhari (1942)
- Manny Pacquiao (1978)
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
14,780 days ago
(40 years, 180 days)