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On the date
Thursday, May 18, 1978
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The Headlines
Two Cities in Italy, Worlds Apart, Both Feel Impact of Social Crisis
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
$981,908
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope John Paul II (1920)
- Bertrand Russell (1872)
- Omar Khayyam (1048)
- Nicholas II (1868)
- Walter Gropius (1883)
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
17,550 days ago
(48 years, 30 days)