From the day
On the date
Sunday, June 29, 1980
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The Headlines
Alternate Currents; U.S. Energy Track Is Uphill All the Way One Question, Many Answers Realism Tempers Optimism
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Coming Up
Paul McCartney
#1 at the box office
The Empire Strikes Back †
$3,416,490
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900)
- Giorgio Napolitano (1925)
- Giacomo Leopardi (1798)
- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957)
- Murad I (1326)
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
16,777 days ago
(45 years, 352 days)