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On the date
Saturday, August 30, 1980
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The Headlines
U.S. Admits Problems on Refugees; 14,000 Cubans Remain in Camps; 'A Gross Thing to Do' U.S. Concedes Refugee Problem; Hard-Core Cubans Still in Camps 'Happened to Be on Line' Estimate Called Accurate Victims of Cuban System Fumes Kill Young Refugee Girl
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
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Alexander Lukashenko (1954)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Cameron Diaz (1972)
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
16,715 days ago
(45 years, 290 days)