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Tuesday, June 10, 1980
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The Headlines
Academy's Reports Spark Debate Over Its Objectivity; 300 Reports Issued Annually Recent Academy Reports Trigger Debate Over Its Objectivity Academy's Operation Praised Process Is Questioned Structure Of the Academy
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
#1 at the box office
The Empire Strikes Back †
$3,225,299
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
On This Day
The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Judy Garland (1922)
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921)
- Saul Bellow (1915)
- Carlo Ancelotti (1959)
- Gustave Courbet (1819)
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
16,796 days ago
(46 years, 6 days)