From the day
On the date
Saturday, March 15, 1980
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The Headlines
Half-Fare Setup On City Transit Sharply Curbed; Half-Fare Program Sharply Curbed Some Revenue Projections Studies on Fare Increases Three Dissenting Voices
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
#1 at the box office
Coal Miner's Daughter
$1,005,036
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Eva Longoria (1975)
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
16,883 days ago
(46 years, 93 days)