From the day
On the date
Saturday, January 12, 1980
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The Headlines
HONDA TO ASSEMBLE CARS AT NEW PLANT PLANNED FOR OHIO; MOVE AGAINST PROTECTIONISM Japan's First Auto Factory in U.S. Will Produce 10,000 Vehicles a Month Starting in 1982 Japan Sees Major Breakthrough G.M. 'Welcomes' Step Honda Will Assemble Cars at Plan in Ohio The Imperative to Invest
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
$2,018,194
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Haruki Murakami (1949)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Jeff Bezos (1964)
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
16,947 days ago
(46 years, 157 days)