From the day
On the date
Tuesday, December 5, 1978
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The Headlines
Shaggy‐Dog Story: Making of a Budget
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Le Freak
Chic
#1 at the box office
Midnight Express
$746,543
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
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
17,349 days ago
(47 years, 194 days)