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Wednesday, May 10, 1978
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The Headlines
Rebound of Canadian Dollar. Buoys Trudeau Government
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
If I Can't Have You
Yvonne Elliman
#1 at the box office
F.I.S.T.
$724,367
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Heydar Aliyev (1923)
- Bono (1960)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Sid Vicious (1957)
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
17,558 days ago
(48 years, 38 days)