From the day
On the date
Sunday, January 6, 1980
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The Headlines
English Portraits On View at Yale; ART
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
#1 at the box office
Kramer vs. Kramer
$1,897,954
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Eminem (1955)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Rowan Atkinson (1955)
- Kim Dae-jung (1924)
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
16,952 days ago
(46 years, 162 days)