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Tuesday, November 4, 1980
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The Headlines
Anderson Looks Beyond the Voting; Calls Dramatic Shifts Possible On to His Alma Mater
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
On This Day
Ronald Reagan is elected as the 40th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Matthew McConaughey (1969)
- Laura Bush (1946)
- Tony Abbott (1957)
- Traian Băsescu (1951)
- Luís Figo (1972)
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
16,649 days ago
(45 years, 224 days)