Monday, January 7, 1980

From the day

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The Headlines

U.S. SUSPENDS TRADING IN GRAIN IN WAKE OF CUTOFF FOR SOVIET, ASSAILS MOSCOW IN U.N. DEBATE; MARKET CALM SOUGHT Halt Will Affect 4 Futures Exchanges--Move Is First in Peacetime Farmers Voice Fears U.S. Halts Trading In All Grain Futures Exporters, Officials Meet $2 Billion in Lost Sales

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

#1 at the box office

$1,897,954

The must-have

Rubik's Cube

On This Day

• U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Millard Fillmore (1800)
• Jeremy Renner (1971)
• Nicolas Cage (1964)
• Pope Gregory XIII (1502)
• Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858)

Slang

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)