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On the date
Monday, August 4, 1980
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The Headlines
City Throws a Slow Party; 10 Percent Show Up City Throws Party for Workers But Barely a Handful Show Up Art Deco Decor
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
- Barack Obama (1961)
- Louis Armstrong (1901)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792)
- Knut Hamsun (1859)
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (1960)
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
16,741 days ago
(45 years, 316 days)