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Friday, December 19, 1986
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The Headlines
ANTIQUES BROWSERS FIND INTIMATE SHOPS IN UPTOWN PLACES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
#1 at the box office
The Golden Child
$7,877,899
The must-have
Lazer Tag
On This Day
Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Pratibha Patil (1934)
- Jake Gyllenhaal (1980)
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
14,414 days ago
(39 years, 179 days)