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On the date

Friday, March 21, 1980

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The Headlines

Soviet Lays Outbreak Of Illness to Bad Meat, Not Germ-War Plant; Deaths Common in Distant Past Soviet Tells U.S. About Epidemic

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Another Brick in the Wall, Part II

Pink Floyd

#1 at the box office

Kramer vs. Kramer

$1,809,419

The must-have

Rubik's Cube

On This Day

  • Cold War: American President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.

    Wikipedia →

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

Catchphrases of 1980

  • Here's Johnny!
  • Who shot J.R.?

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

16,877 days ago

(46 years, 87 days)