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Monday, January 2, 1978
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The Headlines
CROWDSININDIAIAIL CARTER RON ARRIVAL FOR 2 DAYS OF TALKS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
How Deep Is Your Love
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
$4,435,990
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Thérèse of Lisieux (1873)
- Rudolf Clausius (1822)
- Mehmed IV (1642)
- Mily Balakirev (1837)
- Osman III (1699)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
GPS Satellites, LaserDisc & Space Invaders.
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Time Elapsed
17,686 days ago
(48 years, 166 days)