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Wednesday, January 28, 1981
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The Headlines
STATE TASK FORCE SEEKS NEW LAWS FOR FIRE SAFETY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Tide Is High
Blondie
#1 at the box office
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
$4,279,264
The must-have
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
On This Day
Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Nicolas Sarkozy (1955)
- Jackson Pollock (1912)
- Gianluigi Buffon (1978)
- José Martí (1853)
- Colette (1873)
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
16,564 days ago
(45 years, 139 days)