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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
Read in The New York Times →#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 →
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
- Jair Bolsonaro (1955)
- Joseph Fourier (1768)
- Ronaldinho (1980)
- Ayrton Senna (1960)
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
16,877 days ago
(46 years, 87 days)