From the day
On the date
Wednesday, January 11, 1978
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The Headlines
Coping With Colds And Flu
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Baby Come Back
Player
#1 at the box office
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
$3,377,392
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Matteo Renzi (1975)
- Theodosius I (347)
- Kailash Satyarthi (1954)
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
17,677 days ago
(48 years, 157 days)