$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1980
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $275,420 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min Wage Hourly$3.10
Median Home Price$47,200.00
Gas Price Avg$1.22
Bread Price Avg$0.50
Movie Ticket Avg$2.78
First Class Stamp$0.15
Milk Price Avg$2.15
Top Movies From 1980
Show screen release and event cards
1
The Empire Strikes Back
2
9 to 5
3
Stir Crazy
4
Airplane!
5
Any Which Way You Can
6
Private Benjamin
7
Coal Miner's Daughter
8
Smokey and the Bandit II
9
The Blue Lagoon
10
The Blues Brothers
The Fog
Windows
Gloria
Fatso
American Gigolo
Cruising
Hero at Large
The Last Married Couple in America
Midnight Madness
Little Darlings
Friday the 13th
The Long Riders
Where the Buffalo Roam
Don't Go in the House
The Black Marble
Foolin' Around
The Shining
Fame
Carny
Bronco Billy
Urban Cowboy
Can't Stop the Music
Brubaker
Caddyshack
The Big Red One
Dressed to Kill
Xanadu
My Bodyguard
The Hunter
Ordinary People
Stardust Memories
Resurrection
Heaven's Gate
Divine Madness
The Elephant Man
Motel Hell
Raging Bull
Hopscotch
Flash Gordon
Seems Like Old Times
The Electric Horseman
The Black Hole
All That Jazz
Being There
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Jerk
The Rose
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Inventions & Breakthroughs of December 1980
Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.
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
Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year
Headlines From December 19, 1980
Full News Archive
- Headline: Inside Moves: A Story of Resilience. Impact: If 'Inside Moves' hadn't been made, the entire self-help industry might have been delayed by a decade. Who knew that John Savage's portrayal of personal growth would lead to an explosion of motivational speakers? Thanks, John!. Fact: Did you know that John Savage was once considered for the role of a talking cat in a children's movie? Yeah, me neither.
- Headline: The Birth of Sound in Cinema. Impact: 'The Jazz Singer' opened the floodgates for countless remakes and reboots, leading to the current cinematic landscape where originality is as rare as a unicorn. Thanks for that, jazz. Fact: Did you know that the phrase 'rock-bottom' was originally coined by a jazz musician who couldn't find his keys? True story!.
- Headline: The Formula for Synthetic Oil Drama. Impact: The formula for synthetic oil could have led to a world where we all drive silent, smooth, flying cars. Instead, we just got really greasy hands. Fact: Did you know that synthetic oil is just regular oil's more ambitious cousin? Yeah, they don't talk anymore.
- Headline: 'THE KILLING KIND' AND 'A DEGREE OF MURDER'. Impact: This tragic event could have sparked a movement for better relationship communication. Instead, it just made everyone more paranoid about dating. Thanks, Hollywood!. Fact: Did you know that accidental deaths in romantic comedies are more common than in horror films? Who's writing this stuff?.
- Headline: A SIMON COMEDY, 'SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES'. Impact: This caper could have inspired a generation of writers to hide out in their ex-spouses' houses instead of seeking therapy. Talk about a plot twist!. Fact: Did you know that hiding in your ex's house is now considered a trendy form of vacation? Just kidding, please don't try this at home.
- Headline: 'NINE TO FIVE,' OFFICE COMEDY. Impact: The office comedy genre was forever changed, leading to a cultural revolution where people believed they could take down their bosses with witty repartee. Spoiler: they can't. Fact: Did you know that 'Nine to Five' inspired a whole generation of office workers to file grievances? Yeah, HR was not amused.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: A historical $1,000 investment comparison using the stored long-range dataset.
Rank #1
AAPL
Apple
Price in 1980
$0.10
Stored value
$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
Stored value
$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