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Friday, June 9, 1978
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The Headlines
Coast Bell May Face Back Tax
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
You're the One That I Want
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
#1 at the box office
Damien: Omen II
$2,216,400
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Johnny Depp (1963)
- Bertha von Suttner (1843)
- Miroslav Klose (1978)
- Michael J. Fox (1961)
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
17,528 days ago
(48 years, 8 days)