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Monday, August 7, 1978
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The Headlines
Hard‐Driving Carey Hails, And Defends, Record
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Three Times a Lady
Commodores
#1 at the box office
Hooper
$2,476,400
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Jimmy Wales (1966)
- Charlize Theron (1975)
- Elinor Ostrom (1933)
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Sofia Rotaru (1947)
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
17,469 days ago
(47 years, 314 days)