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Tuesday, May 13, 1980
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The Headlines
Proxmire Finds No Sign Of Carter Aid to Murdoch; Intended to Match Airbus Offer No Carter Tie to Loan Is Seen
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Call Me
Blondie
#1 at the box office
Friday the 13th
$2,237,500
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
On This Day
An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Pius IX (1792)
- Alphonse Daudet (1840)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Stevie Wonder (1950)
- Ronald Ross (1857)
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
16,824 days ago
(46 years, 34 days)