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On the date
Wednesday, September 3, 1980
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The Headlines
3 at Yale Report Key Transplants Of Genes to Mice; Cures for Diseases May Result 3 AMERICANS REPORT KEY GENE TRANSFER An Unanswered Question Effects of Genetic Transplant Egg Cells Implanted in Females Two Familiar Viruses 'Just the First Step'
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
- Mario Draghi (1947)
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936)
- Carl David Anderson (1905)
- Charlie Sheen (1965)
- Urho Kekkonen (1900)
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)