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Thursday, April 3, 1980

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The Headlines

Census Buresru Finds Trouble in Describing City's Style of Living; 'Major Issue' for Cities Census Bureau Finds It's Tough To Define the City's Living Style Dealing With Realities

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Another Brick in the Wall, Part II

Pink Floyd

The must-have

Rubik's Cube

On This Day

  • US Congress restores a federal trust relationship with the 501 members of the Shivwits, Kanosh, Koosharem, and the Indian Peaks and Cedar City bands of the Paiute people of Utah.

    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

16,865 days ago

(46 years, 75 days)