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On the date
Tuesday, October 21, 1980
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The Headlines
Carter Promises Aid on Welfare Costs; Reagan Is Called 'Naive' No Details on Program A Theatrical Setting
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Woman in Love
Barbra Streisand
#1 at the box office
Private Benjamin
$1,201,574
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Benjamin Netanyahu (1949)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Kim Kardashian (1980)
- Carrie Fisher (1956)
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
16,663 days ago
(45 years, 238 days)