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Thursday, December 28, 1978
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The Headlines
F.A.A. OFFERS PLAN TO REDUCE DANGER OF MIDAIR CRASHES
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Le Freak
Chic
#1 at the box office
Superman †
$4,859,936
The must-have
Simon (Memory Game)
On This Day
United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in a residential neighborhood near Portland International Airport, killing 10 people.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Woodrow Wilson (1856)
- Linus Torvalds (1969)
- John von Neumann (1903)
- Liu Xiaobo (1955)
- Denzel Washington (1954)
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
17,326 days ago
(47 years, 171 days)