Monday, May 12, 1980

From the day

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The Headlines

Gerulaitis Conquers McEnroe; Gerulaitis Topples McEnroe Court Absorbs Most of Rain Match Turns in 2d Set

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Call Me

Blondie

#1 at the box office

$2,237,500

The must-have

Rubik's Cube

You Share a Birthday With

• Florence Nightingale (1820)
• Rishi Sunak (1980)
• Katharine Hepburn (1907)
• Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
• Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)

Slang

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)