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Saturday, August 16, 1986
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The Headlines
MOSCOW REPORTS A-PLANT WORKERS IGNORED WARNINGS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Papa Don't Preach
Madonna
#1 at the box office
The Fly
The must-have
Lazer Tag
On This Day
A Sudan Airways Fokker F27 Friendship is shot down near Malakal in present day South Sudan, killing 60.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Madonna (1958)
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- James Cameron (1954)
- Charles Bukowski (1920)
- Menachem Begin (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
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
14,538 days ago
(39 years, 303 days)