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On the date
Friday, January 25, 1980
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The Headlines
West Point Women Draw Duty in Combat Branches; West Point Women Draw Combat Branch Duty To Be Scrutinized
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
$1,541,864
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
On This Day
Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy (1978)
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
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
16,933 days ago
(46 years, 143 days)