On the date

Wednesday, August 23, 1978

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Frankie Valli

#1 at the box office

$1,747,842

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1978

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

17,453 days ago

(47 years, 298 days)