From the day
On the date
Saturday, September 27, 1980
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The Headlines
Painting by Jasper Johns Sold for Million, a Record; The Whitney Buys a Johns For $1 Million Related to Morton's Salt Girl
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Upside Down
Diana Ross
#1 at the box office
Hopscotch
$1,252,492
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 808 (808)
- Gwyneth Paltrow (1972)
- Francesco Totti (1976)
- Grazia Deledda (1871)
- Louis XIII (1601)
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
16,687 days ago
(45 years, 262 days)