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Saturday, June 21, 1980
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The Headlines
CARTER TELLS ALLIES ACTIONS BY MOSCOW ENDANGER DETENTE; President, in Rome, Assails Belief Ties Can Improve With Soviet Soldiers in Afghanistan Cannot Be 'Islsnd of Detente' Carter Warns Allies That Actions By the Russians Threaten Detente
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Funkytown
Lipps Inc.
#1 at the box office
The Empire Strikes Back †
$3,711,553
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Benazir Bhutto (1953)
- Chris Pratt (1979)
- Joko Widodo (1961)
- Shirin Ebadi (1947)
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
16,785 days ago
(45 years, 360 days)