From the day
On the date
Sunday, October 26, 1980
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The Headlines
Lamu, Where Arab Trades of Old Survive; Kenya's Lamu, Where Arab Trades of Old Survive If You Go
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
$1,954,556
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Hillary Clinton (1947)
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Evo Morales (1959)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
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
16,658 days ago
(45 years, 233 days)