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Friday, December 22, 1978
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The Headlines
VANCE AND GROMYKO REPORT SOME GAINS IN NEW ARMS TALKS
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Le Freak
Chic
#1 at the box office
Superman
$4,171,899
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for the reform and opening up.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Giacomo Puccini (1858)
- Jean Racine (1639)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
- Diocletian (244)
- Ralph Fiennes (1962)
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
17,332 days ago
(47 years, 177 days)