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Wednesday, May 17, 1978
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The Headlines
U.S. SET TO EVACUATE 73 CITIZENS IN ZAIRE
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
With a Little Luck
Wings
#1 at the box office
The Greek Tycoon
$677,300
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Enya (1961)
- Edward Jenner (1749)
- Henri Barbusse (1873)
- Erik Satie (1866)
- Alfonso XIII (1886)
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
17,551 days ago
(48 years, 31 days)