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On the date
Saturday, September 13, 1980
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The Headlines
TURKISH COUP CHIEFS MAKE VOW TO BRING STABILITY TO NATION; 100 LEGISLATORS ROUNDED UP Military Leaders Say They Will End Political Violence--Pledge to Continue Ties to West Politicians Held in Custody Constitution Is Abolished Leaders of Coup in Turkey Vow to Restore Stability
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Upside Down
Diana Ross
#1 at the box office
The Exterminator
$1,143,000
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Fabio Cannavaro (1973)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
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
16,701 days ago
(45 years, 276 days)