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On the date
Tuesday, December 23, 1986
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The Headlines
BUSINESS DIGEST: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1986
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
$10,118,277
The must-have
Lazer Tag
On This Day
Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Akihito (1933)
- Helmut Schmidt (1918)
- Alexander I of Russia (1777)
- Joseph Smith (1805)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790)
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
14,409 days ago
(39 years, 174 days)