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Tuesday, January 16, 1979
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The Headlines
Powerful Rivals Clash Over Sugar Price Supports
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Le Freak
Chic
#1 at the box office
Superman †
$2,461,956
The must-have
Sony Walkman
On This Day
Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Susan Sontag (1933)
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Johannes Rau (1931)
- Dian Fossey (1932)
- Aaliyah (1979)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
Sony Walkman, Spreadsheet (VisiCalc) & Cellular Network (1G).
Cost of Living (1975)
Loaf of Bread
$0.36
Gallon of Gas
$0.57
Average Home
$39,300
New Car
$4,950
Time Elapsed
17,307 days ago
(47 years, 152 days)