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Wednesday, August 6, 1986
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The Headlines
A CULINARY STAR RISES IN THE LONE STAR STATE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Glory of Love
Peter Cetera
#1 at the box office
Aliens
$5,779,352
The must-have
Lazer Tag
On This Day
A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Robin van Persie (1983)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
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
14,548 days ago
(39 years, 313 days)