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Sunday, August 31, 1980
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The Headlines
U.S. House Is Expected To Save 65% on Energy; U.S. House Seen Saving 65% on Energy
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Upside Down
Diana Ross
#1 at the box office
Smokey and the Bandit II
$1,451,882
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Tsai Ing-wen (1956)
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Hassan Nasrallah (1960)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Richard Gere (1949)
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
16,714 days ago
(45 years, 289 days)