From the day
On the date
Thursday, February 14, 1980
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The Headlines
The Basically Black Room; The Basic Background Room: All-Black
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Do That to Me One More Time
Captain & Tennille
#1 at the box office
Cruising
$1,694,803
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Mark Rutte (1967)
- Simon Pegg (1970)
- Babur (1483)
- C. T. R. Wilson (1869)
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404)
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
16,913 days ago
(46 years, 123 days)