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On the date
Friday, April 4, 1980
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The Headlines
L.I. Commuters, On Way Home, Fill Penn Station; Many Had Stayed in City Until the Strike Ended Taken in Good Humor No 'Second Fiddle' Role L.I. Commuters Jam Penn Station On Their Weary Way Homeward Meeting Was Held
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
$1,545,554
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Maya Angelou (1928)
- Robert Downey Jr. (1965)
- Heath Ledger (1979)
- Andrei Tarkovsky (1932)
- Caracalla (188)
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
16,864 days ago
(46 years, 74 days)