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Thursday, March 27, 1980
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The Headlines
Ex-Convict Guilty of Murdering Nurse in Tenement on West Side; Could Get 15 Years to Life Jury Finds Ex-Convict Is Guilty of Murdering A Mount Sinai Nurse Claims Undermined by Gun
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
Little Darlings
$1,918,892
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
On This Day
The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Wilhelm Röntgen (1845)
- Mariah Carey (1969)
- Quentin Tarantino (1963)
- Mariano Rajoy (1955)
- James Callaghan (1912)
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
16,871 days ago
(46 years, 81 days)