From the day
On the date
Sunday, May 25, 1980
Memories from that day
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The Headlines
A Place In the Sun; A Racial Outburst Shocks Miami --And the Rest of the Nation The Tanks Rumble In South Korea Mountain of Fire, Torrents of Mud Emotions Burst At Love Canal
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
#1 at the box office
The Empire Strikes Back †
$4,064,022
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Ian McKellen (1939)
- Cillian Murphy (1976)
- Mike Myers (1963)
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
16,813 days ago
(46 years, 23 days)