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Monday, April 17, 1978
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The Headlines
HIGH COURT IS ASKED TO PROTECT SECRECY OF DECISIONS AT FED
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Night Fever
Bee Gees
#1 at the box office
The Goodbye Girl
$788,848
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Victoria Beckham (1974)
- Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916)
- Jennifer Garner (1972)
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- William Holden (1918)
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
17,581 days ago
(48 years, 61 days)