Thursday Thirteen - 13 Highlights from the year I was born

I celebrated my 29th birthday this weekend and thought that it would be fun to look back to the year 1980, here are some of the highlights:

1. I was born of course
2. A 1 pound loaf of bread cost $0.51
3. The population in the United States was 226.4 million
   
4. New Ford $6,926
5. Best actor was Robert De Niro
6. Best actress was Sissy Spacek
7. Top tunes - Call Me, All Out of Love, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Ride Like the Wind
8. Top movies - Airplane, Caddyshack, Superman II, The Empire Strikes Back
9. 1st Class postage stamp cost $0.15
10. New home cost $64,600
11. Average income $23,141
12. The #2 best seller fiction book - The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
13. James Earl (Jimmy) Carter was President of the U.S.