From the day
On the date
Friday, November 7, 1980
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The Headlines
2 Reagan Allies In Senate Press Their Own Aims; Dole and Thurmond Voice Ideas on Tax and Judges To Push for Tax Cuts On Appointment of Judges Dole and Thurmond Name Goals, Some of Them at Odds With Reagan's
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
$1,628,001
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Albert Camus (1913)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- James Cook (1728)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
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
16,647 days ago
(45 years, 222 days)