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On the date

Thursday, December 4, 1986

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

The Next Time I Fall

Peter Cetera and Amy Grant

The must-have

Lazer Tag

On This Day

  • The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).

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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

  • I feel the need... the need for speed

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

14,428 days ago

(39 years, 193 days)