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AUGUST 12, 1985

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$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1985
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $85,744 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min_Wage_Hourly: $3.45
Median_Home_Price: $63,150.00
Gas_Price_Avg: $1.19
Bread_Price_Avg: $0.60
Movie_Ticket_Avg: $3.50
First_Class_Stamp: $0.20
Milk_Price_Avg: $2.46
Top Movies From 1985
1 Back to the Future
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Back to the Future
2 Rambo: First Blood Part II
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Rambo: First Blood Part II
3 Rocky IV
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Rocky IV
4 The Color Purple
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The Color Purple
5 Out of Africa
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Out of Africa
6 Cocoon
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Cocoon
7 The Jewel of the Nile
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The Jewel of the Nile
8 Witness
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Witness
9 The Goonies
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The Goonies
10 Spies Like Us
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Spies Like Us
Brazil
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Brazil
The Falcon and the Snowman
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The Falcon and the Snowman
Fandango
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Fandango
Tuff Turf
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Tuff Turf
The Breakfast Club
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The Breakfast Club
Vision Quest
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Vision Quest
Into the Night
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Into the Night
The Last Dragon
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The Last Dragon
Mask
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Mask
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Desperately Seeking Susan
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Desperately Seeking Susan
Cat's Eye
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Cat's Eye
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Code of Silence
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Code of Silence
Stick
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Stick
A View to a Kill
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A View to a Kill
Brewster's Millions
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Brewster's Millions
Fletch
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Fletch
Pale Rider
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Pale Rider
Lifeforce
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Lifeforce
Prizzi's Honor
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Prizzi's Honor
Day of the Dead
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Day of the Dead
Explorers
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Explorers
Weird Science
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Weird Science
Real Genius
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Real Genius
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
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Pee-wee's Big Adventure
The Return of the Living Dead
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The Return of the Living Dead
The Terminator
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The Terminator
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Beverly Hills Cop
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Beverly Hills Cop
Dune
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Dune
2010: The Year We Make Contact
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2010: The Year We Make Contact
Runaway
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Runaway
Johnny Dangerously
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Johnny Dangerously
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Television On August 12, 1985
Columbo poster
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Columbo
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote poster
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Murder, She Wrote
Sesame Street poster
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Sesame Street
Jeopardy! poster
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Jeopardy!
The A-Team poster
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The A-Team
Saturday Night Live poster
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Saturday Night Live
MacGyver poster
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MacGyver
Miami Vice poster
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Miami Vice
Knight Rider poster
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Knight Rider
The Story of August 12, 1985

On August 12, 1985, the sports world buzzed with the excitement of both major events and significant moments from various sports, highlighted by the ongoing baseball season and the anticipation surrounding the upcoming college football kickoff.

Inventions & Breakthroughs of August 1985

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Windows Operating System
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Windows Operating System
2 CD-ROM Drive
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CD-ROM Drive
3 Genetic Engineering Tool (PCR)
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Genetic Engineering Tool (PCR)
4 Mobile Laptop Computer
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Mobile Laptop Computer
5 Digital Cellular Network
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Digital Cellular Network
6 Automated Manufacturing Cells
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Automated Manufacturing Cells
7 Home Video Camcorder
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Home Video Camcorder
8 Medical Laser Lithotripsy
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Medical Laser Lithotripsy
9 Computer Animation Software
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Computer Animation Software
10 Electronic Music Sampling Keyboard
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Electronic Music Sampling Keyboard

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

HEADLINES ON August 12, 1985

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1985, here's what the stored 2025 dataset estimates.
Rank #1
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Price in 1985
$0.84
2025 dataset value
$246,803

Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1985, it would be worth $246,803 today (246.8x return)

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Rank #2
MCD
McDonald's
Price in 1985
$1.32
2025 dataset value
$242,284

McDonald's - If you invested $1,000 in 1985, it would be worth $242,284 today (242.3x return)

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Rank #3
AAPL
Apple
Price in 1985
$0.10
2025 dataset value
$2,853,286

Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 1985, it would be worth $2,853,286 today (2853.3x return)

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🦸 Top 5 Comics
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
Crisis on Infinite Earths #1
$50
The Dark Knight Returns #1
The Dark Knight Returns #1
$50
Secret Wars #8
Secret Wars #8
$150
Albedo Anthropomorphics #2
Albedo Anthropomorphics #2
$300
Love and Rockets #1
Love and Rockets #1
$250
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Teddy Ruxpin
Teddy Ruxpin
$300.00
Care Bears Plush
Care Bears Plush
$250.00
M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand)
M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand)
$250.00
My Buddy Doll
My Buddy Doll
$700.00
Super Powers Collection
Super Powers Collection
$300.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
$1,000.00
Duck Hunt
Duck Hunt
$275.00
Excitebike
Excitebike
$50.00
Choplifter
Choplifter
$80.00
Gauntlet
Gauntlet
$50.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1985 Nike Promo Michael Jordan Rookie Card
1985 Nike Promo Michael Jordan Rookie Card
$18,000
1985 Topps Mark McGwire USA Baseball Rookie Card #401
1985 Topps Mark McGwire USA Baseball Rookie Card #401
$2,000
1985 Garbage Pail Kids Adam Bomb #8a
1985 Garbage Pail Kids Adam Bomb #8a
$189.95
1985 Donruss Shawon Dunston Rated Rookie #43
1985 Donruss Shawon Dunston Rated Rookie #43
$150
1985 Star Michael Jordan Rookie Card #101
1985 Star Michael Jordan Rookie Card #101
$480,000