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On the date
Wednesday, December 18, 1985
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The Headlines
HOLIDAY CLASSICS TO GIVE THE COOK A MAGIC TOUCH
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
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Steven Spielberg (1946)
- Brad Pitt (1963)
- Christina Aguilera (1980)
- Willy Brandt (1913)
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
14,779 days ago
(40 years, 179 days)