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On the date
Thursday, October 9, 1980
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The Headlines
IRAN'S TROOPS SINK 3 FOREIGN VESSELS: AT LEAST 20 KILLED; OTHER CRAFT ARE SET ON FIRE Ships of China, Panama and Dubai Go Down in Shatt al Arab-- Crews Swim to Iraqi Side Iraqi Troops Make No Gains Rockets, Shells and Small Arms IRAN'S TROOPS SINK 3 FOREIGN VESSELS
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
Private Benjamin
$1,187,114
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
On This Day
Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Lennon (1940)
- David Cameron (1966)
- Ivo Andrić (1892)
- Max von Laue (1879)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906)
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
16,675 days ago
(45 years, 250 days)