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On the date
Thursday, December 11, 1980
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The Headlines
Emergency Economic Program Urged on Reagan by 2 Advisers; Reagan Urged to Take Quick Economic Action Accord on Two Points Cited
Read in The New York Times →World Mood
#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Lady
Kenny Rogers
#1 at the box office
Stir Crazy
$2,463,066
The must-have
Rubik's Cube
On This Day
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (also known as Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
16,612 days ago
(45 years, 187 days)