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Monday, January 20, 1986
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The Headlines
WEAK BOTTLER TIES HURT 7-UP IN FIGHT FOR SHARES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
That's What Friends Are For"
Dionne and Friends
#1 at the box office
The Color Purple
The must-have
Lazer Tag
On This Day
In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
Wikipedia →Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Federico Fellini (1920)
- André-Marie Ampère (1775)
- Buzz Aldrin (1930)
- David Lynch (1946)
- Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
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
Disposable Camera, Pixar & Mir Space Station.
Cost of Living (1985)
Loaf of Bread
$0.55
Gallon of Gas
$1.12
Average Home
$84,300
New Car
$12,650
Time Elapsed
14,746 days ago
(40 years, 146 days)