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On the date
Tuesday, January 31, 1978
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The Headlines
U.S. Judge Upholds Delay in Sale Of Oil Leases Off Massachusetts
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Stayin' Alive
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
$1,774,208
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Kenzaburō Ōe (1935)
- Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938)
- Norman Mailer (1923)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
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
17,657 days ago
(48 years, 137 days)