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On the date
Thursday, May 1, 1980
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The Headlines
Lance Cleared on 9 Fraud Counts; Jury Deadlocks on 3 Other Charges; Full Decision Not Reached Lance Cleared on 9 Fraud Counts; Jury Deadlocked on 3 Other Charges Duration of Investigation
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Call Me
Blondie
#1 at the box office
Kramer vs. Kramer
$847,617
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
16,836 days ago
(46 years, 46 days)