From the day
On the date
Monday, September 29, 1980
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The Headlines
Sovern, 17th Columbia President, Installed in Ceremony on Campus; A Week of Celebrations Aid for City Cited
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
#1 at the box office
Hopscotch
$1,252,492
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
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
16,685 days ago
(45 years, 260 days)