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On the date
Friday, December 29, 1978
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The Headlines
IRANIAN STRIKERS SHUT DOWN CENTRAL BANK AND IEFINERIES; FOREIGN OIL AIDES EVACUATED
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)
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
17,325 days ago
(47 years, 170 days)