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On the date

Monday, April 27, 1987

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Sight

The mall is a total blur of electric lime spandex and oversized shoulder pads today, and honestly, if I have to hear Cutting Crew on the overhead speakers one more time, gag me with a spoon. My eyes are stinging from the glare of the neon arcade signs, but I’m too busy watching Mark try to pull a block from that stupid Jenga tower without the whole thing collapsing in front of everyone. Between the headlines about trade sanctions with Japan and the guys trying to look like corporate sharks in cheap suits, everything feels like a weird movie. I’m just staring at the flickering TV wall, wishing I could disappear into the static until the weekend finally hits.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

(I Just) Died in Your Arms

Cutting Crew

The must-have

Jenga

On This Day

  • The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.

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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 1987

  • Snap out of it!
  • Nobody puts Baby in a corner

Tech Check

PowerPoint, Perl & Prozac.

Cost of Living (1985)

Loaf of Bread

$0.55

Gallon of Gas

$1.12

Average Home

$84,300

New Car

$12,650

Time Elapsed

14,284 days ago

(39 years, 49 days)