From the day
On the date
Saturday, August 2, 1980
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The Headlines
BROTHER GOT CABLE ON TRIP FROM CARTER; President Added 'Good Job' to the State Department's Message BROTHER GOT CABLE ON TRIP FROM CARTER 'A Harmless Memo' Still Considered 'Innocuous' Bank Deposit Slip Cited
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
On This Day
A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Shimon Peres (1923)
- Peter O'Toole (1932)
- Isabel Allende (1942)
- James Baldwin (1924)
- Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)
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
16,743 days ago
(45 years, 318 days)