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Thursday, November 13, 1980
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The Headlines
Eastern Doubles Coast Fares; Even Higher Unrestricted Rates Eastern Doubles Fares 'Back to the Real World'
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Lady
Kenny Rogers
#1 at the box office
Private Benjamin
$1,281,696
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
You Share a Birthday With
- Augustine of Hippo (354)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)
- Whoopi Goldberg (1955)
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953)
- Edward III (1312)
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
16,641 days ago
(45 years, 216 days)