🧠 Inventions of 1980
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Portable Personal Computer
2 
Compact Disc (CD)
3 
Charge-Coupled Device Camera Expansion
4 
Medical MRI Scanner Commercial Use
5 
Digital Signal Processor
6 
Electronic Spreadsheet Software
7 
Home Video Game Console Expansion
8 
Industrial Laser Cutting Systems
9 
Automatic Blood Glucose Meter
10 
Satellite Navigation Expansion
The Sounds of
The biggest hits of the year — Top 10 Pop & Country chart toppers
HEADLINES ON August 12, 1980
Full News Archive
- Headline: The Iconic Elephant Transport in Film. Impact: The successful transport of an elephant across the country sparked a series of increasingly ridiculous animal transport films. By 2025, we had a blockbuster about a bear trying to hitchhike to get to a picnic, causing a nationwide spike in bear-related traffic incidents.. Fact: Did you know that this film may have inspired a generation of people to think that transporting animals across states is as easy as renting a U-Haul? Spoiler alert: it's not..
- Headline: 'Willie and Phil' Explored Creation. Impact: This film's exploration of shared lives and relationships inadvertently led to the rise of social media influencers in the 21st century, who now share every mundane detail of their lives, proving that some ideas are better left in the '70s.. Fact: Fun fact: 'Willie and Phil' was so dedicated to mirroring the '70s that they even considered using a rotary phone as a prop, but then remembered no one would know how to use it..
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1980, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #1
AAPL
Apple
Price in 1980
$0.10
Value in 2025
$2,766,454
Apple - If you invested $1,000 in 1980, it would be worth $2,766,454 today (2766.5x return)
Rank #3
INTC
Intel
Price in 1980
$0.18
Value in 2025
$199,890
Intel - If you invested $1,000 in 1980, it would be worth $199,890 today (199.9x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The New Teen Titans #1
$75
The X-Men #137
$400
Savage She-Hulk #1
$276
Dazzler #1
$900
The Untold Legend of the Batman #1
$20,000
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Rubik's Cube
$150.00
Atari 2600
$2,500.00
Star Wars Action Figures
$300.00
The Empire Strikes Back Tauntaun
$150.00
LEGO Space Sets
$400.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Pac-Man
$50.00
Centipede
$95.00
Missile Command
$33,400.00
Zork I: The Great Underground Empire
$212.30
Rogue
$100.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1980 Topps Baseball Rickey Henderson Rookie Card
$138,000
1980 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky Card
$125,000
1980 Topps Larry Bird / Magic Johnson Rookie Card with Julius Erving
$500,000
1980 Panini Soccer Stickers Diego Maradona
$250,000
1980 Donruss Golf Jack Nicklaus Card
$0.00