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Thursday, April 10, 1980
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The Headlines
WORST TRAFFIC JAMS HARASS CITY IN RAIN; 20 BUSES VANDALIZED; NO MOVEMENT IN BARGAINING 245,000 Cars Roll Into Manhattan on Ninth Day of Walkout and Creep on the Way Home Cars Crawl in Manhattan Two Arrests Made Worst Traffic Jams Harass City in Rain 'Most Difficult Day'
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
$1,194,160
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
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
16,858 days ago
(46 years, 68 days)