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MEMORIES
In 1980, A Loaf of Bread Cost 51 Cents
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Jimmy Carter is president of the US
President Carter announces punitive measures and embargoes
against the USSR in retaliation for the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan
Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupts in a violent
blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful as the Hiroshima
atomic bomb
Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th US president in a sweeping
victory
US Representative Michael O. Myers is expelled from the
House for his role in the Abscam scandal
Hewlett-Packard announces release of its first personal
computer
Microsoft announces their version of UNIX, Xenix
Christina Ricci, Chelsea Clinton, Venus Williams, Jessica
Simpson, Macaulay Culkin, and Jake Gyllenhaal are born
Philadelphia Phllies win the World Series
Pittsburgh Steelers win Superbowl XIV
New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup
The Empire Strikes Back is the top grossing film
"Lady" by Kenny Rogers spends the most time at the top of
the US charts
U.S. viewers get caught up in the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliff
hanger on the soap opera series, Dallas, which is solved on
a November 21 episode, drawing a record numbers of viewers
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