From the day
On the date
Tuesday, January 22, 1980
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The Headlines
Once-Blighted Cities of New England Are Booming; Once-Depressed Factory Cities of New England Are Booming Again After Decades of Decline Where the Workers Are 4 Big Industries Expand
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Rock with You
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
Kramer vs. Kramer
$1,655,591
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Lord Byron (1788)
- Francis Bacon (1561)
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
- Antonio Gramsci (1891)
- August Strindberg (1849)
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
16,936 days ago
(46 years, 146 days)