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On the date
Tuesday, September 2, 1980
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The Headlines
Europeans Set Duty for U.S. Yarns; Common Market Dumping Charge Brings Penalty Lack of Cooperation Alleged Three Vulnerable Areas Common Market Orders Penalty Duty on U.S. Yarn Pressure Resisted So Far Want to Keep Traditional Share U.S. Sees No Implications
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
- Keanu Reeves (1964)
- Keir Starmer (1962)
- Salma Hayek (1966)
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
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
16,712 days ago
(45 years, 287 days)