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On the date
Tuesday, February 5, 1980
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The Headlines
BUSINESS Digest; Companies Washington International Markets Today's Columns
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Rock with You
Michael Jackson
#1 at the box office
The Silent Scream
$1,919,563
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Charlotte Rampling (1946)
- Abhishek Bachchan (1976)
- William S. Burroughs (1914)
- Robert Peel (1788)
- Robert Hofstadter (1915)
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
16,922 days ago
(46 years, 132 days)