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On the date
Friday, May 16, 1980
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The Headlines
CORRECTIONS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Call Me
Blondie
#1 at the box office
Friday the 13th
$1,945,657
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Pierce Brosnan (1953)
- Janet Jackson (1966)
- Henry Fonda (1905)
- Pope Innocent XI (1611)
- Celâl Bayar (1883)
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
16,821 days ago
(46 years, 31 days)