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Friday, January 13, 1978
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The Headlines
U.S. Move to Bolster Dollar: Jury Out, Reactions Mixed
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
$2,274,682
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Orlando Bloom (1977)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Sydney Brenner (1927)
- Patrick Dempsey (1966)
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
17,675 days ago
(48 years, 155 days)