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On the date
Thursday, July 31, 1980
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The Headlines
Adding Some Romance to an Undistinguished Rental; Adding a Touch of Romance To an Undistinguished Rental
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Magic
Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Airplane!
$2,209,013
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- J. K. Rowling (1965)
- Milton Friedman (1912)
- Louis de Funès (1914)
- Primo Levi (1919)
- Premchand (1880)
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
16,745 days ago
(45 years, 320 days)