From the day
On the date
Saturday, February 16, 1980
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The Headlines
International Committee Reprimands Lake Placid Group Over a Lapse in Protocol for Skiing Awards Ceremony; Protocol Rebuke Is Issued Apologies to Soviet Medalists More Phone Lines Installed Bus Management Overhauled
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
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Kim Jong Il (1941)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- John McEnroe (1959)
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
16,911 days ago
(46 years, 121 days)