From the day
On the date
Friday, July 18, 1980
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The Headlines
O'Keeffe Ruling Upholding Artist Upset on Appeal; She Must Return 3 Works --New Trial Ordered Second Dissenter's View The Day They Vanished
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
Billy Joel
#1 at the box office
Airplane!
$2,662,155
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Nelson Mandela (1918)
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- Vin Diesel (1967)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- Kristen Bell (1980)
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
16,759 days ago
(45 years, 334 days)