On the date

Friday, October 16, 1987

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The Headlines

35 Held in $1 Million Parking-Meter 'Rip-Off'

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

#1 at the box office

$7,688,730

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

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

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

14,113 days ago

(38 years, 243 days)