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On the date
Wednesday, October 29, 1980
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The Headlines
Delay on Indian Point Alert Confirmed; Criticism in Westchester An Uncompleted Phone Call A 3 -Day Delay Cited By N.R.C. and Con Ed On Indian Point Alert The Stuck Warning Light
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
On This Day
Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida, leading to the cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Joseph Goebbels (1897)
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938)
- Abdullah Gül (1950)
- Winona Ryder (1971)
- Edwin van der Sar (1970)
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
16,655 days ago
(45 years, 230 days)