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On the date
Thursday, February 21, 1980
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The Headlines
Newspaper Delivery Union Head Is Indicted on Extortion Charges; Papers Not Accused Newspaper Delivery Union Head Is Indicted on Extortion Charge Alleged Payoffs Listed Rosen Case Recalled
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
#1 at the box office
Cruising
$1,229,186
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Robert Mugabe (1924)
- Harald V (1937)
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980)
- W. H. Auden (1907)
- Alan Rickman (1946)
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
16,906 days ago
(46 years, 116 days)