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Sunday, July 9, 1978
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The Headlines
Blaze in a Rio de Janiero Museum Ruins More Than 1,000 Artworks
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Shadow Dancing
Andy Gibb
#1 at the box office
Grease †
$2,443,707
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Tom Hanks (1956)
- Viktor Yanukovych (1950)
- Donald Rumsfeld (1932)
- Courtney Love (1964)
- Edward Heath (1916)
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
17,498 days ago
(47 years, 343 days)