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Tuesday, October 7, 1980
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The Headlines
Not as Intended, but Still a Most Unforgettable Cruise; A Venture to Remember Not as Intended, but Still a Most Unforgettable Cruise Ordered Above Decks All of a Sudden Bells Smoke and Flames Seen on Ship Ex-Jersey Senator Was on Ship Montclair Couple Tell of Escape
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
#1 at the box office
Hopscotch
$1,126,721
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Vladimir Putin (1952)
- Niels Bohr (1885)
- Heinrich Himmler (1900)
- Desmond Tutu (1931)
- María Corina Machado (1967)
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
16,677 days ago
(45 years, 252 days)