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On the date

Wednesday, April 30, 1980

From the day

Perspective: The Teenager · Tactile

I’m leaning against the lockers, my palms sweating against the slick, plastic sides of this Rubik’s Cube while Blondie’s "Call Me" pulses through my headphones. My oversized denim jacket feels heavy and stiff, but the neon Lycra leggings underneath give me just enough stretch to look fly while I struggle to twist these colorful rows into place. The rough texture of the stickers catches on my thumb as I watch the preppy girls walk by, their hair held high with hairspray and their massive shoulder pads making them look like linebackers. It’s totally cheesy how everyone is obsessing over those young stockmarket kids in the news, so I just click the cube into position and try to chill.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Call Me

Blondie

#1 at the box office

Kramer vs. Kramer

$1,078,596

The must-have

Rubik's Cube

On This Day

  • Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.

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  • The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.

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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

16,838 days ago

(46 years, 48 days)