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On the date
Thursday, October 16, 1980
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The Headlines
Westinghouse, Teleprompter Agree To $646 Million Cable TV Merger; Cable TV Link Planned
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
$1,201,574
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- Günter Grass (1927)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Enver Hoxha (1908)
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
16,668 days ago
(45 years, 243 days)