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Wednesday, October 26, 1977
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The Headlines
House Panel in a Surprise Move Blocks Offshore Energy Measure
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
You Light Up My Life
Debby Boone
#1 at the box office
Looking For Mr Goodbar
$1,293,400
The must-have
Star Wars Action Figures
On This Day
Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Hillary Clinton (1947)
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Evo Morales (1959)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Apple II, Atari 2600, Commodore PET & TRS-80.
Style of 1977
Silhouette: Deconstructed and ripped (Punk)
Material: Leather and safety pins
- Mohawks
- Graphic tees
- Studded belts
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Time Elapsed
17,754 days ago
(48 years, 234 days)