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On the date
Monday, February 6, 1978
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The Headlines
Players Pick Ideal Teams
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
$1,489,164
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ronald Reagan (1911)
- Bob Marley (1945)
- François Truffaut (1932)
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665)
- Eva Braun (1912)
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
17,651 days ago
(48 years, 131 days)