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On the date
Wednesday, January 2, 1980
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The Headlines
With Carey's Style Still Private, His Top Aide Gains Greater Role; A Start on Projects Carey, still a Private Man, Gives Top Aide Greater Power Morgado Explains Role Speculation on His Hopes Seen as Controlling Force Morgado Said to Be Job-Hunting Koch Says He Likes Situation Carey Called a Demanding Boss No More Jockeying for Power A Noticeable Change of Style
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Please Don't Go
KC and the Sunshine Band
#1 at the box office
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
$3,287,481
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
- Osman III (1699)
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
Fax Machine Boom, Pac-Man & Flash Memory.
Style of 1980
Silhouette: Oversized inverted triangle
Material: Lycra and sequins
- Shoulder pads
- Perms
- Neon accessories
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
16,956 days ago
(46 years, 166 days)