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On the date
Wednesday, July 9, 1986
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The Headlines
FOR MANY VISITORS, FIRST VIEW OF U.S. IS A LINE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Holding Back the Years
Simply Red
#1 at the box office
The Karate Kid Part II
$6,667,787
The must-have
Lazer Tag
On This Day
The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Tom Hanks (1956)
- Viktor Yanukovych (1950)
- Donald Rumsfeld (1932)
- Courtney Love (1964)
- Edward Heath (1916)
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
14,576 days ago
(39 years, 341 days)