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Friday, January 2, 1981
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The Headlines
News Summary; FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1981
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
(Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon
#1 at the box office
9 to 5
$7,111,919
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
On This Day
One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
- Osman III (1699)
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
IBM PC, MS-DOS & Space Shuttle.
Cost of Living (1980)
Loaf of Bread
$0.50
Gallon of Gas
$1.19
Average Home
$47,200
New Car
$7,200
Time Elapsed
16,590 days ago
(45 years, 165 days)