From the day
On the date
Thursday, August 28, 1980
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The Headlines
Carter Tax Plan Aids Lower Brackets; Carter Tax Relief Plan Focuses on Lower Brackets Cut in Capital Gains Taxation First Proposed by Missourian 10 Percent Credit Was Proposed
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Sailing
Christopher Cross
#1 at the box office
Smokey and the Bandit II
$1,451,882
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Jack Black (1969)
- Shania Twain (1965)
- David Fincher (1962)
- Ivo Josipović (1957)
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
16,717 days ago
(45 years, 292 days)