From the day
On the date
Sunday, November 2, 1980
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The Headlines
One Last Poll; Campaign Fog Obscures the Sharp Contrast On Most Issues Economic Policy Foreign and Military Policy Domestic Policy
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
$1,756,902
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- James K. Polk (1795)
- Warren G. Harding (1865)
- Shah Rukh Khan (1965)
- Marie Antoinette (1755)
- George Boole (1815)
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
16,651 days ago
(45 years, 226 days)