On the date

Friday, October 24, 1986

From the day

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The Headlines

OLD WAVE, NEW WAVE AND NEXT WAVE IN DANCE

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Cyndi Lauper

#1 at the box office

$6,745,249

The must-have

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

Catchphrases of 1986

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

14,469 days ago

(39 years, 234 days)